The chmod command in Linux is a very valuable and often necessary function for fixing permissions of directories and their contents on a publicly accessible server.

When you are needing to change linx octet permissions for many folders and child folders and their contents, the -R recursive switch is of great value, as it saves you the trouble of having to switch directories and execute the chmod command time and time again.

Unfortunately, chmod is only able to execute commands on input parameters passed along to it specifying matches in the file name, and whether or not to chmod recursively or not. If your desire is to only chmod directories, but not the files, you have a problem.

To bypass the chmod command limitation, we will be utilizing stdin to stdout capability of the find and chmod commands.  Since find and chmod take advantage of  standard input / standard output capability, we are able to have them cross communicate sequentially in order to selectively pass along files to be chmod’ed which match our find query. Continue Reading

This method of evading key loggers utilizes a method I dub the “The Scissor Method™ ” which takes advantage of my “Scissor Keyboard™”. And, just like Stephen Colbert, I now own the rights to those phrases.

If you’re certain that there is a potential application on your computer, be it at work, at home, or you just don’t trust the computer at the local internet cafe you’ve stopped at, this method may be of interest to you. Please note that this is not for the faint of heart or faint of patience, as it is by far one of the most tedious ways to take the cake from under Mr. Admin’s nose.

This method will utilize the clipboard to bypass key loggers which listen for keys being pressed on the keyboard. Continue Reading

So, you want to change the Linux permissions of all files in a directory and all sub directories, but not affect the permissions of the folders?

This simple guide will show you how to do a recursive chmod changing only the permissions of files, while leaving the permissions for all directories untouched.

The recursive chmod-files-only syntax:

The following shell command will chmod all files only (and ignore the directories) setting the permissions to 644. Continue Reading

Tired of waiting for files from HotFile.com ? This guide is for you.  You can learn how to quickly and simply modify and bypass the timer during runtime of the JavaScript timer for HotFile.com.

If you are looking for a hack for the HotFile.com Hourly Limit, please see my guide Hotfile.com Hourly Limit Bypass Hack.

The Background

Download sites have a simple business model. Get lots of visitors, make money from advertisers placing ads on their site. How to get lots of visitors, and therefore make lots of money? Simple. Provide content that everyone wants. Downloads which for the most part are unmonitored and unfiltered, and typically only removed if the copyright holder complains.

Back to the money. The more files you download = the more ads you see = the more money they make. If you don’t want to (wait) while seeing the ads, they still want their money, and they want to take it from you, providing you access to files that aren’t even their own property. An excellent deal indeed Sherlock!

So, if you don’t want to be a part of the More ads = More money (for them…) scheme, then you either better fork up the money, or hack up a solution. Unfortunately this guide will not help you do any forking, but it will help you with the later.
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A very popular addon extension for Mozilla Firefox, Video DownloadHelper, allows users to easily save and convert media originally embedded into web content into a file stored on their local machine for offline playback.

Typically when software publishers desire to make their works available online, whether for free or for a fee, they seek to publish legal documentation for inclusion of the application clearly indicating that the program is copyrighted, and to identify their terms and conditions of modification to their work by third parties, including any limitations or bounds set by them. Continue Reading