Reset TYPO3 password

On April 13, 2009, in MySQL, Tech Notes, Typo3 Snippets, by Brad

If you forget your typo3 password, you can reset it using the mysql command line tool as follows:


mysql> use typo3;
mysql> update be_users set password='bacb98acf97e0b6112b1d1b650b84971' where username = 'admin';

This resets the admin user password to “joh316″.

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Ruby on Rails for RHEL 5

On April 27, 2008, in Linux, Ruby and Rails, by Brad

Here is the quick and dirty Ruby on Rails setup for Redhat Enterprise Linux v5.0 with MySQL.

(2009-12-04 Update: This does not work with RHEL 5.4. The mysql ruby gem requires ruby 1.8.6 and RHEL 5.4 only ships with ruby 1.8.5)

Using yum install ruby and mysql. The command below does not list all the required packages, but due to dependencies, the additional packages will be installed (or should be – this is all from memory).

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Install phpMyAdmin

On February 20, 2008, in Linux, MySQL, PHP, by Brad

phpMyAdmin is web-based PHP application for managing MySQL databases. It is fairly easy to install and configure.

Download the latest stable version from the phpMyAdmin web site, and extract it to a location of your choice. I prefer to keep the installation outside of the web root and use an apache alias to reference it.

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