FreeBSD port for PHP supports dynamic extensions

In the past when you forget to add a PHP extension in FreeBSD you have to recompile the whole thing, but now PHP port support dynamic extensions, in fact PHP port doesn't allow you to add any extensions, you have to add these extensions using a separate port.
There is one wrapper port called /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions/ which will allow you to select modules to install.
Very nice indeed, even when I spent long time to figure out how to add extensions.

Change PHPMyAdmin to view Arabic on English interface

I love phpmyadmin, it is a web interface for MySQL DB server, I usually use the English interface, but the problem with English interface that it doesn't show Arabic string, of course you can change the whole interface to Arabic, but I don't understand anything from that interface.
So I played with PHPMyAdmin code so I can use English interface but using Arabic character set, here is how to do it:

# vi lang/english-iso-8859-1.inc.php
... change: $charset = 'iso-8859-1';
... to: $charset = 'windows-1256';


MySQL replication is so simple

I just configured my first MySQL replication, it is very simple to configure, few configuration steps and it is done.
The hardest thing is to figure the location of MySQL configuration file my.cnf under my FreeBSD, it doesn't exists by default so you have to create it your self, it can be many place, I choosed /var/db/mysql/my.cnf to make reside with the datafiles.
You can find a sample chapter from Jeremy Zawodny book, High Performance MySQL.

MySQL Replication Sample Chapter (PDF)

My wife had a lasik surgery

It took around 15 minutes, it was little painfull in the first day, her vision is somehow blurry, the doctor says the blur will go away in the next 10 days.
Lasik if you don't know it is a surgery to correct the vision.
http://lasik.bab.com/

More about my car accident

Today the traffic department called me to telling that they found the car with the description I gave, but the color wasn't silver it was gray! So they called me to change the paper I signed earlier.
Silver and gray is there really any difference between the two!?
The name of the guy who hit me and ran away was Abdullah Mohammed Alsalem.

PHP5 relaeased

With many amazing new features, is it going to be the defacto scripting language!

OnLamp article about PHP5 new features

Amavisd + Spamassassin + ClamAV

Installing amavisd+Spamassassin+clamav

# cd /usr/ports/security/amavisd-new/
# make install
# cd /usr/ports/security/clamav/
# make install


Updating ClamAV virus defintation, every hour!:

# vi /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf
... HTTPProxyServer proxy.saudi.net.sa
... HTTPProxyPort 8080
# freshclam
# crontab -e
... 43 * * * * /usr/local/bin/freshclam --quiet


Changing clamav setting to work as vscan user, same as amavisd:

# vi /usr/local/etc/clamav.conf
... # Change User to match amavid user
... User vscan
# chown -R vscan:vscan /var/run/clamav


Configuraing amavisd:

# cp /usr/local/etc/amavisd.conf-dist /usr/local/etc/amavisd.conf
# vi /usr/local/etc/amavisd.conf
... $mydomain = 'rayed.com';
... $virus_admin = "rayed\@$mydomain";
... $spam_admin = "rayed\@$mydomain";
... $final_spam_destiny = D_PASS;
... $banned_filename_re ... # change this to what ever you like
... @av_scanners ... # uncomment clamav section
... #$QUARANTINEDIR = '/var/virusmails'; # comment QUARANTINEDIR


Enabling clamavd and amavisd to start automatically:

# vi /etc/rc.conf
... # Add the following lines
... amavisd_enable="YES"
... clamav_clamd_enable="YES"
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/clamav-clamd.sh start
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/amavisd.sh start


After testing ClamAV, and amavisd, configure postfix to use amavisd:

# vi /usr/local/etc/postfix/master.conf
-------------------------------------
smtp-amavis unix - - n - 2 smtp
-o smtp_data_done_timeout=1200
-o smtp_send_xforward_command=yes

127.0.0.1:10025 inet n - n - - smtpd
-o content_filter=
-o local_recipient_maps=
-o relay_recipient_maps=
-o smtpd_restriction_classes=
-o smtpd_client_restrictions=
-o smtpd_helo_restrictions=
-o smtpd_sender_restrictions=
-o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject
-o mynetworks=127.0.0.0/8
-o strict_rfc821_envelopes=yes
-o smtpd_error_sleep_time=0
-o smtpd_soft_error_limit=1001
-o smtpd_hard_error_limit=1000
-------------------------------------
# vi /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf
... content_filter=smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
# postfix reload


Just came from Beirut

Going to sleep now :)