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  • Google I/O 2010 - Creating positive user experiences

    Google I/O 2010 - Creating positive user experiences Google I/O 2010 - Beyond design: Creating positive user experiences Tech Talks John Zeratsky, Matt Shobe Good user experience isn't just about good design. Learn how to create a positive user experience by being fast, open, engaged, surprising, polite, and, well... being yourself. Chock full of examples from the web and beyond, this talk is a practical introduction for developers who are passionate about user experience but may not have a background in design. For all I/O 2010 sessions, please go to code.google.com From: GoogleDevelopers Views: 185 6 ratings Time: 52:11 More in Science & Technology

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  • HTG Explains: What’s a Browser User Agent?

    - by Chris Hoffman
    Your browser sends its user agent to every website you connect to. We’ve written about changing your browser’s user agent before – but what exactly is a user agent, anyway? A user agent is a “string” – that is, a line of text – identifying the browser and operating system to the web server. This sounds simple, but user agents have become a mess over time. How To Customize Your Wallpaper with Google Image Searches, RSS Feeds, and More 47 Keyboard Shortcuts That Work in All Web Browsers How To Hide Passwords in an Encrypted Drive Even the FBI Can’t Get Into

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  • Pgagent startup script (under the postgres user)

    - by Dominique Guardiola
    Hello, I'm trying to make a clean startup script for pgagent I found one here but I don't see how I can change this : if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/pgagent.pid \ --exec /usr/bin/pgagent "hostaddr=127.0.0.1 dbname=postgres user=postgres \ password=XXXXXXX";then to launch something like this : su - postgres -c /usr/bin/pgagent "hostaddr=127.0.0.1 dbname=postgres user=postgres" in order to avoid to hard-code the PG password in the script. This is possible using the .pgpass file feature. It works when I'm logged under the postgres user. So my only problem left is how to launch this command under the postgres user tried to add --user=postgres in the call, like mentioned here but it does not work.

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  • Adding user to chroot environment

    - by Neo
    I've created a chroot system in my Ubuntu using schroot and debrootstrap, based on minimal ubuntu. However whenever I can't seem to add a new user into this chroot environment. Here is what happens. I enter schroot as root and add a new user 'Bob'.(Tried both adduser and useradd commands) The username 'Bob' lists up in /etc/passwd file and I can 'su' into the user 'Bob'. So far so good. When I log out of schroot, and re-enter schroot, the user 'Bob' has vanished!! There is no mention of Bob in /etc/passwd either. How do I make the new user permanent?

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  • Best practices for upgrading user data when updating versions of software

    - by Javy
    In my code I check the current version of the software on launch and compare it to the version stored in the user's data file(s). If the version is newer, then I call different methods to update the old data to the newer data version, if necessary. I usually have to make a new method to convert the data with each update that changes user data in some way, and cannot remove the old ones in case there was someone who missed an update. So the app must be able to go through each method call and update their data until they get their data current. With larger data sets, this could be a problem. In addition, I recently had a brief discussion with another StackOverflow user this and he indicated he always appended a date stamp to the filename to manage data versions, although his reasoning as to why this was better than storing the version data in the file itself was unclear. Since I've rarely seen management of user data versions in books I've read, I'm curious what are the best practices for naming user data files and procedures for updating older data to newer versions.

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  • User script at logout

    - by GUI Junkie
    The problem: I'm sharing a directory with my wife. I've placed us both in a 'shared' group and the directory belongs to the 'shared' group as well. Whenever one of us creates a file, this file belongs to user:user, instead of user:shared... The solution: I can do sudo chown, but my wife can't. So, I want to run a script when I logout of the session. If I understand correctly, the startup scripts go in /etc/init.d/ and the runlevel scripts go /etc/rc0.d/ where 0 is the runlevel (0-6). Do the runlevel scripts execute only on exit/logout? Do these depend on the user, that is, I'd like to run it only for my user (not so important in this case, mind)? Should I place the script somewhere else? Also, I imagine that the script will be run by root, so there's no need for sudo within the script, is that correct?

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  • Samba user does not have folder read permission

    - by user289455
    I have set up a special user for read only samba shares. I set him up in Samba and as a system user. I shared a couple of folders but that user cannot access them. I know samba is working because I also shared them with the main user of the system which is an admin account and it works fine. How can I allow this user to have read permissions on all the directories I want to share without changing anything for any other users of the system? For example, I don't want to give him ownership of any of the files/directories. Just ongoing recursive read access. ongoing recursive is important. If someone adds a file or directory, I still want him to automatically be able to read it.

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  • After Upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 missing user in login screen

    - by Mark
    I have upgraded to 13.10 from 13.04 now after booting (even after updates and rebooting) my user id is not listed. It has a uid higher than the minimum in lightdm.conf. I have the user light display manager , guest , and remote login options in the login screen but not my ususal user id that I have been using from ubuntu 9 something. It is a normal user and an administrator so that I could authorize drivers, updates, etc... I do not have any custom display manager setup. It has been standard unity since unity was available. I can login to my account by logging in as guest opening a termial and using su - user Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks

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  • How to eliminate the domain suffix off my user profile folder when migrating to a new domain?

    - by Jerry Dodge
    We have just upgraded a decade old SBS 2003 server to a brand new SBS 2011 machine. During the process, over 30 other client/server machines on that domain also needed to be dis-joined and re-joined from the old domain to the new one. These domains have different names and is not migrated in any way. It's built from scratch. Since each client machine had very unique user profiles under this domain, we needed to make sure these were all backed up and migrated over to the new domain. For the most part, profiles were migrated with no hassle, just by renaming the user profile folder names. However, in one case, when I log in to my domain account, it creates a profile folder with a suffix of the new domain name. I have replaced all the files in the profile's root which begin with "ntuser" with the files of the new profile. The only problem is half the applications can't find their data, because the folder name is different. How can I change this folder name and maintain this profile on the new domain? I have deleted every user account (except admin), deleted their profiles/folders, removed them from the registry, and made sure every trace of this account was gone. The computer was basically a dummy with only an admin account. Then, I log into the machine under my new domain user account (same username as the old domain). It creates a profile folder with my username plus a suffix extension of the new domain name. The client machine is Windows 7 Ultimate, the old server was SBS 2003, and the new server is SBS 2011.

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  • Profile System: User share the same id

    - by Malcolm Frexner
    I have a strange effect on my site when it is under heavy load. I randomly get the properties of other users settings. I have my own implementation of the profile system so I guess I can not blame the profile system itself. I just need a point to start debugging from. I guess there is a cookie-value that maps to an Profile entry somewhere. Is there any chance to see how this mapping works? Here is my profile provider: using System; using System.Text; using System.Configuration; using System.Web; using System.Web.Profile; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Specialized; using B2CShop.Model; using log4net; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Diagnostics; using B2CShop.DAL; using B2CShop.Model.RepositoryInterfaces; [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator()] namespace B2CShop.Profile { public class B2CShopProfileProvider : ProfileProvider { private static readonly ILog _log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(B2CShopProfileProvider)); // Get an instance of the Profile DAL using the ProfileDALFactory private static readonly B2CShop.DAL.UserRepository dal = new B2CShop.DAL.UserRepository(); // Private members private const string ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER = "Invalid Profile parameter:"; private const string PROFILE_USER = "User"; private static string applicationName = B2CShop.Model.Configuration.ApplicationConfiguration.MembershipApplicationName; /// <summary> /// The name of the application using the custom profile provider. /// </summary> public override string ApplicationName { get { return applicationName; } set { applicationName = value; } } /// <summary> /// Initializes the provider. /// </summary> /// <param name="name">The friendly name of the provider.</param> /// <param name="config">A collection of the name/value pairs representing the provider-specific attributes specified in the configuration for this provider.</param> public override void Initialize(string name, NameValueCollection config) { if (config == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("config"); if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(config["description"])) { config.Remove("description"); config.Add("description", "B2C Shop Custom Provider"); } if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) name = "b2c_shop"; if (config["applicationName"] != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(config["applicationName"].Trim())) applicationName = config["applicationName"]; base.Initialize(name, config); } /// <summary> /// Returns the collection of settings property values for the specified application instance and settings property group. /// </summary> /// <param name="context">A System.Configuration.SettingsContext describing the current application use.</param> /// <param name="collection">A System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyCollection containing the settings property group whose values are to be retrieved.</param> /// <returns>A System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyValueCollection containing the values for the specified settings property group.</returns> public override SettingsPropertyValueCollection GetPropertyValues(SettingsContext context, SettingsPropertyCollection collection) { string username = (string)context["UserName"]; bool isAuthenticated = (bool)context["IsAuthenticated"]; //if (!isAuthenticated) return null; int uniqueID = dal.GetUniqueID(username, isAuthenticated, false, ApplicationName); SettingsPropertyValueCollection svc = new SettingsPropertyValueCollection(); foreach (SettingsProperty prop in collection) { SettingsPropertyValue pv = new SettingsPropertyValue(prop); switch (pv.Property.Name) { case PROFILE_USER: if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(username)) { pv.PropertyValue = GetUser(uniqueID); } break; default: throw new ApplicationException(ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER + " name."); } svc.Add(pv); } return svc; } /// <summary> /// Sets the values of the specified group of property settings. /// </summary> /// <param name="context">A System.Configuration.SettingsContext describing the current application usage.</param> /// <param name="collection">A System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyValueCollection representing the group of property settings to set.</param> public override void SetPropertyValues(SettingsContext context, SettingsPropertyValueCollection collection) { string username = (string)context["UserName"]; CheckUserName(username); bool isAuthenticated = (bool)context["IsAuthenticated"]; int uniqueID = dal.GetUniqueID(username, isAuthenticated, false, ApplicationName); if (uniqueID == 0) { uniqueID = dal.CreateProfileForUser(username, isAuthenticated, ApplicationName); } foreach (SettingsPropertyValue pv in collection) { if (pv.PropertyValue != null) { switch (pv.Property.Name) { case PROFILE_USER: SetUser(uniqueID, (UserInfo)pv.PropertyValue); break; default: throw new ApplicationException(ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER + " name."); } } } UpdateActivityDates(username, false); } // Profile gettters // Retrieve UserInfo private static UserInfo GetUser(int userID) { return dal.GetUser(userID); } // Update account info private static void SetUser(int uniqueID, UserInfo user) { user.UserID = uniqueID; dal.SetUser(user); } // UpdateActivityDates // Updates the LastActivityDate and LastUpdatedDate values // when profile properties are accessed by the // GetPropertyValues and SetPropertyValues methods. // Passing true as the activityOnly parameter will update // only the LastActivityDate. private static void UpdateActivityDates(string username, bool activityOnly) { dal.UpdateActivityDates(username, activityOnly, applicationName); } /// <summary> /// Deletes profile properties and information for the supplied list of profiles. /// </summary> /// <param name="profiles">A System.Web.Profile.ProfileInfoCollection of information about profiles that are to be deleted.</param> /// <returns>The number of profiles deleted from the data source.</returns> public override int DeleteProfiles(ProfileInfoCollection profiles) { int deleteCount = 0; foreach (ProfileInfo p in profiles) if (DeleteProfile(p.UserName)) deleteCount++; return deleteCount; } /// <summary> /// Deletes profile properties and information for profiles that match the supplied list of user names. /// </summary> /// <param name="usernames">A string array of user names for profiles to be deleted.</param> /// <returns>The number of profiles deleted from the data source.</returns> public override int DeleteProfiles(string[] usernames) { int deleteCount = 0; foreach (string user in usernames) if (DeleteProfile(user)) deleteCount++; return deleteCount; } // DeleteProfile // Deletes profile data from the database for the specified user name. private static bool DeleteProfile(string username) { CheckUserName(username); return dal.DeleteAnonymousProfile(username, applicationName); } // Verifies user name for sise and comma private static void CheckUserName(string userName) { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(userName) || userName.Length > 256 || userName.IndexOf(",") > 0) throw new ApplicationException(ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER + " user name."); } /// <summary> /// Deletes all user-profile data for profiles in which the last activity date occurred before the specified date. /// </summary> /// <param name="authenticationOption">One of the System.Web.Profile.ProfileAuthenticationOption values, specifying whether anonymous, authenticated, or both types of profiles are deleted.</param> /// <param name="userInactiveSinceDate">A System.DateTime that identifies which user profiles are considered inactive. If the System.Web.Profile.ProfileInfo.LastActivityDate value of a user profile occurs on or before this date and time, the profile is considered inactive.</param> /// <returns>The number of profiles deleted from the data source.</returns> public override int DeleteInactiveProfiles(ProfileAuthenticationOption authenticationOption, DateTime userInactiveSinceDate) { string[] userArray = new string[0]; dal.GetInactiveProfiles((int)authenticationOption, userInactiveSinceDate, ApplicationName).CopyTo(userArray, 0); return DeleteProfiles(userArray); } /// <summary> /// Retrieves profile information for profiles in which the user name matches the specified user names. /// </summary> /// <param name="authenticationOption">One of the System.Web.Profile.ProfileAuthenticationOption values, specifying whether anonymous, authenticated, or both types of profiles are returned.</param> /// <param name="usernameToMatch">The user name to search for.</param> /// <param name="pageIndex">The index of the page of results to return.</param> /// <param name="pageSize">The size of the page of results to return.</param> /// <param name="totalRecords">When this method returns, contains the total number of profiles.</param> /// <returns>A System.Web.Profile.ProfileInfoCollection containing user-profile information // for profiles where the user name matches the supplied usernameToMatch parameter.</returns> public override ProfileInfoCollection FindProfilesByUserName(ProfileAuthenticationOption authenticationOption, string usernameToMatch, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords) { CheckParameters(pageIndex, pageSize); return GetProfileInfo(authenticationOption, usernameToMatch, null, pageIndex, pageSize, out totalRecords); } /// <summary> /// Retrieves profile information for profiles in which the last activity date occurred on or before the specified date and the user name matches the specified user name. /// </summary> /// <param name="authenticationOption">One of the System.Web.Profile.ProfileAuthenticationOption values, specifying whether anonymous, authenticated, or both types of profiles are returned.</param> /// <param name="usernameToMatch">The user name to search for.</param> /// <param name="userInactiveSinceDate">A System.DateTime that identifies which user profiles are considered inactive. If the System.Web.Profile.ProfileInfo.LastActivityDate value of a user profile occurs on or before this date and time, the profile is considered inactive.</param> /// <param name="pageIndex">The index of the page of results to return.</param> /// <param name="pageSize">The size of the page of results to return.</param> /// <param name="totalRecords">When this method returns, contains the total number of profiles.</param> /// <returns>A System.Web.Profile.ProfileInfoCollection containing user profile information for inactive profiles where the user name matches the supplied usernameToMatch parameter.</returns> public override ProfileInfoCollection FindInactiveProfilesByUserName(ProfileAuthenticationOption authenticationOption, string usernameToMatch, DateTime userInactiveSinceDate, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords) { CheckParameters(pageIndex, pageSize); return GetProfileInfo(authenticationOption, usernameToMatch, userInactiveSinceDate, pageIndex, pageSize, out totalRecords); } /// <summary> /// Retrieves user profile data for all profiles in the data source. /// </summary> /// <param name="authenticationOption">One of the System.Web.Profile.ProfileAuthenticationOption values, specifying whether anonymous, authenticated, or both types of profiles are returned.</param> /// <param name="pageIndex">The index of the page of results to return.</param> /// <param name="pageSize">The size of the page of results to return.</param> /// <param name="totalRecords">When this method returns, contains the total number of profiles.</param> /// <returns>A System.Web.Profile.ProfileInfoCollection containing user-profile information for all profiles in the data source.</returns> public override ProfileInfoCollection GetAllProfiles(ProfileAuthenticationOption authenticationOption, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords) { CheckParameters(pageIndex, pageSize); return GetProfileInfo(authenticationOption, null, null, pageIndex, pageSize, out totalRecords); } /// <summary> /// Retrieves user-profile data from the data source for profiles in which the last activity date occurred on or before the specified date. /// </summary> /// <param name="authenticationOption">One of the System.Web.Profile.ProfileAuthenticationOption values, specifying whether anonymous, authenticated, or both types of profiles are returned.</param> /// <param name="userInactiveSinceDate">A System.DateTime that identifies which user profiles are considered inactive. If the System.Web.Profile.ProfileInfo.LastActivityDate of a user profile occurs on or before this date and time, the profile is considered inactive.</param> /// <param name="pageIndex">The index of the page of results to return.</param> /// <param name="pageSize">The size of the page of results to return.</param> /// <param name="totalRecords">When this method returns, contains the total number of profiles.</param> /// <returns>A System.Web.Profile.ProfileInfoCollection containing user-profile information about the inactive profiles.</returns> public override ProfileInfoCollection GetAllInactiveProfiles(ProfileAuthenticationOption authenticationOption, DateTime userInactiveSinceDate, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords) { CheckParameters(pageIndex, pageSize); return GetProfileInfo(authenticationOption, null, userInactiveSinceDate, pageIndex, pageSize, out totalRecords); } /// <summary> /// Returns the number of profiles in which the last activity date occurred on or before the specified date. /// </summary> /// <param name="authenticationOption">One of the System.Web.Profile.ProfileAuthenticationOption values, specifying whether anonymous, authenticated, or both types of profiles are returned.</param> /// <param name="userInactiveSinceDate">A System.DateTime that identifies which user profiles are considered inactive. If the System.Web.Profile.ProfileInfo.LastActivityDate of a user profile occurs on or before this date and time, the profile is considered inactive.</param> /// <returns>The number of profiles in which the last activity date occurred on or before the specified date.</returns> public override int GetNumberOfInactiveProfiles(ProfileAuthenticationOption authenticationOption, DateTime userInactiveSinceDate) { int inactiveProfiles = 0; ProfileInfoCollection profiles = GetProfileInfo(authenticationOption, null, userInactiveSinceDate, 0, 0, out inactiveProfiles); return inactiveProfiles; } //Verifies input parameters for page size and page index. private static void CheckParameters(int pageIndex, int pageSize) { if (pageIndex < 1 || pageSize < 1) throw new ApplicationException(ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER + " page index."); } //GetProfileInfo //Retrieves a count of profiles and creates a //ProfileInfoCollection from the profile data in the //database. Called by GetAllProfiles, GetAllInactiveProfiles, //FindProfilesByUserName, FindInactiveProfilesByUserName, //and GetNumberOfInactiveProfiles. //Specifying a pageIndex of 0 retrieves a count of the results only. private static ProfileInfoCollection GetProfileInfo(ProfileAuthenticationOption authenticationOption, string usernameToMatch, object userInactiveSinceDate, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords) { ProfileInfoCollection profiles = new ProfileInfoCollection(); totalRecords = 0; // Count profiles only. if (pageSize == 0) return profiles; int counter = 0; int startIndex = pageSize * (pageIndex - 1); int endIndex = startIndex + pageSize - 1; DateTime dt = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1); if (userInactiveSinceDate != null) dt = (DateTime)userInactiveSinceDate; /* foreach(CustomProfileInfo profile in dal.GetProfileInfo((int)authenticationOption, usernameToMatch, dt, applicationName, out totalRecords)) { if(counter >= startIndex) { ProfileInfo p = new ProfileInfo(profile.UserName, profile.IsAnonymous, profile.LastActivityDate, profile.LastUpdatedDate, 0); profiles.Add(p); } if(counter >= endIndex) { break; } counter++; } */ return profiles; } } } This is how I use it in the controller: public ActionResult AddTyreToCart(CartViewModel model) { string profile = Request.IsAuthenticated ? Request.AnonymousID : User.Identity.Name; } I would like to debug: How can 2 users who provide different cookies get the same profileid? EDIT Here is the code for getuniqueid public int GetUniqueID(string userName, bool isAuthenticated, bool ignoreAuthenticationType, string appName) { SqlParameter[] parms = { new SqlParameter("@Username", SqlDbType.VarChar, 256), new SqlParameter("@ApplicationName", SqlDbType.VarChar, 256)}; parms[0].Value = userName; parms[1].Value = appName; if (!ignoreAuthenticationType) { Array.Resize(ref parms, parms.Length + 1); parms[2] = new SqlParameter("@IsAnonymous", SqlDbType.Bit) { Value = !isAuthenticated }; } int userID; object retVal = null; retVal = SqlHelper.ExecuteScalar(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SQLOrderB2CConnString"].ConnectionString, CommandType.StoredProcedure, "getProfileUniqueID", parms); if (retVal == null) userID = CreateProfileForUser(userName, isAuthenticated, appName); else userID = Convert.ToInt32(retVal); return userID; } And this is the SP: CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[getProfileUniqueID] @Username VarChar( 256), @ApplicationName VarChar( 256), @IsAnonymous bit = null AS BEGIN SET NOCOUNT ON; /* [getProfileUniqueID] created 08.07.2009 mf Retrive unique id for current user */ SELECT UniqueID FROM dbo.Profiles WHERE Username = @Username AND ApplicationName = @ApplicationName AND IsAnonymous = @IsAnonymous or @IsAnonymous = null END

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  • Any best practices with feedback colours?

    - by alex
    I have a few that I think are correct. These are background colours for messages. ERROR: red; INFO: blue; SUCCESS: green; NOT IMPORTANT INFO: yellow Have I got the blue and yellow around the wrong way? Any hex values that are a de facto standard for these? I am curious considering web development, but I think the answers will be agnostic. Here is an interesting thought (I'm sure I've read about it in an article). What colours would the errors be on Target's website, considering all their branding is red?

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  • What are great _specific_ usability guidelines?

    - by Jilles
    Usability is extremely important, and yet there are so many products that violate a lot of rules. There are several questions on StackOverflow that are about usability (see: link1, link2, link3), however what I feel is missing still is a comprehensive list of usability "tactics": concrete examples of what (not) to do for a web application. Please don't add references to books. Please list one example per answer so that we can use the voting to actually prioritize the list.

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  • Stopping at my Front-End abilities... good career move?

    - by R. H.
    Just curious about what other front-end and back-end people think, career wise. Here's the details: I'm a 30 yr old mom who is pretty good at front end development - that's my day job at an interactive agency. Don't have the money or time to go back to school or lots of high priced training sessions. I started out as a graphic designer ten years ago or so, then moved into database-backed web stuff, like CMS. I'm great at transforming PSD to a working html and css structure, especially for Wordpress themes. I enjoy this part of the process, probably because it's easy and fun, and as I learn a little more about jQuery and PHP, I can make it even better if I want or need. I'm not sure where I should stop though, as far as my career goes. I don't know that I'll ever get to the point that I'm a great PHP developer or jQuery master. Is it lame to just be a front-end designer/developer? Can that be a successful career all its own? Or, should I obligate myself to learning the harder programming, if I'm capable? Any advice or points any of you may have is appreciated!

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  • Joomla 2.5 - Modify registration form and logic

    - by ice13ill
    Hello I'm new to Joomla and I want to change the way an account is created (in Joomla 2.5): Change the registation form (remove one or two fields) Change the registration logic: I want to add more stuff in the sent email (and a pdf attachment) and also i want to call some other functions (or make extra requests), analyse the result and then return the response to the client. What ways are there?

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  • Has anyone ever worked with a UX designer who also did the graphic design, is it a good combination?

    - by Ami
    I need to design a new framework for web based apps, including both UX guidelines and the art/graphic design guidelines such as what menus will look like, headers, colors, fonts etc. The UX designers I met, were unable to provide the artistic side, and the graphic designers didn't have the UX skills. Should I continue to look for one person with both skills, or is it better broken to two separate tasks?

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  • Puppet - how can i copy a file to several user folders?

    - by Eliot Rocha
    Well i was using the info on this: Puppet - Any way to copy predefined custom configuration files for software on clients from the puppet master (host)? But i need some more elaborated, because i have several Desktops and are in use by 2 or 3 users each one, so i want to make a class for copy a shortcut in his desktops. The computers are joined to a domain, so any user can log in any desktop, and his profile is created in every desktop. I've tryed with this: class applink { file { "/home/installer/Escritorio/Workdesktop.desktop": owner => installer, group => root, mode => 770, source => "puppet://$server/files/Workdesktop.desktop" } This is only for one user called "installer", how can do this for several users? Can i use $USER for do this? Any Thoughts? Thank You!

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  • Why doens't my Postgres user have permissions to add a Postgres database?

    - by orokusaki
    First, I ran: sudo su postgres createuser -U postgres foouser -P which worked fine, and I ran: createdb -U foouser -E utf8 -O foouser foodatabase -T template0 and got "permission denied: cannot create database" Firstly, should I even su as postgres to do operations like the first one (assuming my postgres data dir is owned by postgres), or is -U postgres from any user (assuming trust is used in pg_hba.conf) sufficient? Secondly, why am I running into this error? Is this because the user foouser is a non-superuser? Should I create foodatabase using the postgres user and simply -O foouser?

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  • How to set User Tile image Windows Server 2012?

    - by moontear
    I found this nice article of how to add a user tile image via code: http://joco.name/2010/12/06/i-discovered-the-new-windows-user-tile-api/ This is also explained in depth here: http://msitpros.com/?p=1036 I have problems with doing this in Windows Server 2012. Whenever I run the code: using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; namespace FejesJoco { class Program { [DllImport("shell32.dll", EntryPoint = "#262", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, PreserveSig = false)] public static extern void SetUserTile(string username, int whatever, string picpath); [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { SetUserTile(args[0], 0, args[1]); } } } I get an exception: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component. Can anyone get this to work and add a user tile image via code?

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  • Adding user to chroot environment

    - by Neo
    I've created a chroot system in my Ubuntu using schroot and debrootstrap, based on minimal ubuntu. However whenever I can't seem to add a new user into this chroot environment. Here is what happens. I enter schroot as root and add a new user.(Tried both adduser and useradd commands) The username lists up in /etc/passwd file and I can 'su' into the new user. So far so good. When I log out of schroot, and re-enter schroot, the user I created has vanished!! There is no mention of that user in /etc/passwd either. How do I make the new user permanent?

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  • Build a user's profile directory on creation in batch

    - by Moses
    I have a batch script that I use when I set up new Windows 7 PCs that creates a user based on a variable, creates a folder on their desktop, then shares it: @echo off SET /p unitnumber="Enter unit number: " net user unit%unitnumber% password /add /expire:never MD "C:/Users/unit%unitnumber%/Desktop/Accounting #%unitnumber%" runas /user:administrator "net share "Accounting#%unitnumber%"="C:/Users/unit%unitnumber%/Desktop/Accounting#%unitnumber"" I discovered that the share that is created is overwritten when the newly created user first logs on, because Windows creates builds their profile directory at that time. Is there any way to initiate a build of a user's profile directory in the batch file just after creating the it? The only thing that looks useful is the /homedir:pathname switch for the net user command, but I believe that option assumes the directory already exists. Other than that web research hasn't been fruitful. I'd be to use whatever to get this done as long as I can incorporate/launch it from the batch. Any suggestions?

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  • [GEEK SCHOOL] Network Security 2: Preventing Disaster with User Account Control

    - by Ciprian Rusen
    In this second lesson in our How-To Geek School about securing the Windows devices in your network, we will talk about User Account Control (UAC). Users encounter this feature each time they need to install desktop applications in Windows, when some applications need administrator permissions in order to work and when they have to change different system settings and files. UAC was introduced in Windows Vista as part of Microsoft’s “Trustworthy Computing” initiative. Basically, UAC is meant to act as a wedge between you and installing applications or making system changes. When you attempt to do either of these actions, UAC will pop up and interrupt you. You may either have to confirm you know what you’re doing, or even enter an administrator password if you don’t have those rights. Some users find UAC annoying and choose to disable it but this very important security feature of Windows (and we strongly caution against doing that). That’s why in this lesson, we will carefully explain what UAC is and everything it does. As you will see, this feature has an important role in keeping Windows safe from all kinds of security problems. In this lesson you will learn which activities may trigger a UAC prompt asking for permissions and how UAC can be set so that it strikes the best balance between usability and security. You will also learn what kind of information you can find in each UAC prompt. Last but not least, you will learn why you should never turn off this feature of Windows. By the time we’re done today, we think you will have a newly found appreciation for UAC, and will be able to find a happy medium between turning it off completely and letting it annoy you to distraction. What is UAC and How Does it Work? UAC or User Account Control is a security feature that helps prevent unauthorized system changes to your Windows computer or device. These changes can be made by users, applications, and sadly, malware (which is the biggest reason why UAC exists in the first place). When an important system change is initiated, Windows displays a UAC prompt asking for your permission to make the change. If you don’t give your approval, the change is not made. In Windows, you will encounter UAC prompts mostly when working with desktop applications that require administrative permissions. For example, in order to install an application, the installer (generally a setup.exe file) asks Windows for administrative permissions. UAC initiates an elevation prompt like the one shown earlier asking you whether it is okay to elevate permissions or not. If you say “Yes”, the installer starts as administrator and it is able to make the necessary system changes in order to install the application correctly. When the installer is closed, its administrator privileges are gone. If you run it again, the UAC prompt is shown again because your previous approval is not remembered. If you say “No”, the installer is not allowed to run and no system changes are made. If a system change is initiated from a user account that is not an administrator, e.g. the Guest account, the UAC prompt will also ask for the administrator password in order to give the necessary permissions. Without this password, the change won’t be made. Which Activities Trigger a UAC Prompt? There are many types of activities that may trigger a UAC prompt: Running a desktop application as an administrator Making changes to settings and files in the Windows and Program Files folders Installing or removing drivers and desktop applications Installing ActiveX controls Changing settings to Windows features like the Windows Firewall, UAC, Windows Update, Windows Defender, and others Adding, modifying, or removing user accounts Configuring Parental Controls in Windows 7 or Family Safety in Windows 8.x Running the Task Scheduler Restoring backed-up system files Viewing or changing the folders and files of another user account Changing the system date and time You will encounter UAC prompts during some or all of these activities, depending on how UAC is set on your Windows device. If this security feature is turned off, any user account or desktop application can make any of these changes without a prompt asking for permissions. In this scenario, the different forms of malware existing on the Internet will also have a higher chance of infecting and taking control of your system. In Windows 8.x operating systems you will never see a UAC prompt when working with apps from the Windows Store. That’s because these apps, by design, are not allowed to modify any system settings or files. You will encounter UAC prompts only when working with desktop programs. What You Can Learn from a UAC Prompt? When you see a UAC prompt on the screen, take time to read the information displayed so that you get a better understanding of what is going on. Each prompt first tells you the name of the program that wants to make system changes to your device, then you can see the verified publisher of that program. Dodgy software tends not to display this information and instead of a real company name, you will see an entry that says “Unknown”. If you have downloaded that program from a less than trustworthy source, then it might be better to select “No” in the UAC prompt. The prompt also shares the origin of the file that’s trying to make these changes. In most cases the file origin is “Hard drive on this computer”. You can learn more by pressing “Show details”. You will see an additional entry named “Program location” where you can see the physical location on your hard drive, for the file that’s trying to perform system changes. Make your choice based on the trust you have in the program you are trying to run and its publisher. If a less-known file from a suspicious location is requesting a UAC prompt, then you should seriously consider pressing “No”. What’s Different About Each UAC Level? Windows 7 and Windows 8.x have four UAC levels: Always notify – when this level is used, you are notified before desktop applications make changes that require administrator permissions or before you or another user account changes Windows settings like the ones mentioned earlier. When the UAC prompt is shown, the desktop is dimmed and you must choose “Yes” or “No” before you can do anything else. This is the most secure and also the most annoying way to set UAC because it triggers the most UAC prompts. Notify me only when programs/apps try to make changes to my computer (default) – Windows uses this as the default for UAC. When this level is used, you are notified before desktop applications make changes that require administrator permissions. If you are making system changes, UAC doesn’t show any prompts and it automatically gives you the necessary permissions for making the changes you desire. When a UAC prompt is shown, the desktop is dimmed and you must choose “Yes” or “No” before you can do anything else. This level is slightly less secure than the previous one because malicious programs can be created for simulating the keystrokes or mouse moves of a user and change system settings for you. If you have a good security solution in place, this scenario should never occur. Notify me only when programs/apps try to make changes to my computer (do not dim my desktop) – this level is different from the previous in in the fact that, when the UAC prompt is shown, the desktop is not dimmed. This decreases the security of your system because different kinds of desktop applications (including malware) might be able to interfere with the UAC prompt and approve changes that you might not want to be performed. Never notify – this level is the equivalent of turning off UAC. When using it, you have no protection against unauthorized system changes. Any desktop application and any user account can make system changes without your permission. How to Configure UAC If you would like to change the UAC level used by Windows, open the Control Panel, then go to “System and Security” and select “Action Center”. On the column on the left you will see an entry that says “Change User Account Control settings”. The “User Account Control Settings” window is now opened. Change the position of the UAC slider to the level you want applied then press “OK”. Depending on how UAC was initially set, you may receive a UAC prompt requiring you to confirm this change. Why You Should Never Turn Off UAC If you want to keep the security of your system at decent levels, you should never turn off UAC. When you disable it, everything and everyone can make system changes without your consent. This makes it easier for all kinds of malware to infect and take control of your system. It doesn’t matter whether you have a security suite or antivirus installed or third-party antivirus, basic common-sense measures like having UAC turned on make a big difference in keeping your devices safe from harm. We have noticed that some users disable UAC prior to setting up their Windows devices and installing third-party software on them. They keep it disabled while installing all the software they will use and enable it when done installing everything, so that they don’t have to deal with so many UAC prompts. Unfortunately this causes problems with some desktop applications. They may fail to work after you enable UAC. This happens because, when UAC is disabled, the virtualization techniques UAC uses for your applications are inactive. This means that certain user settings and files are installed in a different place and when you turn on UAC, applications stop working because they should be placed elsewhere. Therefore, whatever you do, do not turn off UAC completely! Coming up next … In the next lesson you will learn about Windows Defender, what this tool can do in Windows 7 and Windows 8.x, what’s different about it in these operating systems and how it can be used to increase the security of your system.

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  • How to move an UIView along a curved CGPath according to user dragging the view

    - by Felipe Cypriano
    I'm trying to build a interface that the user can move his finger around the screen an a list of images moves along a path. The idea is that the images center nevers leaves de path. Most of the things I found was about how to animate using CGPath and not about actually using the path as the track to a user movement. I need to objects to be tracked on the path even if the user isn't moving his fingers over the path. For example (image bellow), if the object is at the beginning of the path and the user touches anywhere on the screen and moves his fingers from left to right I need that the object moves from left to right but following the path, that is, going up as it goes to the right towards the path's end. This is the path I've draw, imagine that I'll have a view (any image) that the user can touch and drag it along the path, there's no need to move the finger exactly over the path. If the user move from left to right the image should move from left to right but going up if need following the path. This is how I'm creating the path: CGPoint endPointUp = CGPointMake(315, 124); CGPoint endPointDown = CGPointMake(0, 403); CGPoint controlPoint1 = CGPointMake(133, 187); CGPoint controlPoint2 = CGPointMake(174, 318); CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable(); CGPathMoveToPoint(path, NULL, endPointUp.x, endPointUp.y); CGPathAddCurveToPoint(path, NULL, controlPoint1.x, controlPoint1.y, controlPoint2.x, controlPoint2.y, endPointDown.x, endPointDown.y); Any idead how can I achieve this?

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  • See the latest Applications Cloud user experiences at Oracle OpenWorld 2014

    - by mvaughan
    By Misha Vaughan, Oracle Applications User Experience OAUX Day: Oracle Applications Cloud User Experience Strategy & Roadmap?. This event is for partners, Oracle sales, and customers who are passionate about Oracle’s commitment to the ongoing user experience investment in Oracle’s Applications Cloud. If you want to see where we are going firsthand, contact the Applications UX team to attend this special event, scheduled the week before Oracle OpenWorld.All attendees must be approved to attend and have signed Oracle’s non-disclosure agreement. Register HERE.Date and time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 Location: Oracle Conference Center, Redwood City, Calif. Oracle Applications Cloud User Experience Partner & Sales Briefing This event is for Oracle Applications partners and Oracle sales who want to find out what’s up with release 9 user experience highlights for: Oracle Sales Cloud, Oracle HCM Cloud, cloud extensibility, and Paas4SaaS. It will be held the day before Oracle OpenWorld kicks off. All attendees must be approved to attend. Register HERE.Date and time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014Location: Intercontinental Hotel, 888 Howard Street, San Francisco, Calif. , in the Telegraph Hill room. Oracle OpenWorld 2014 OAUX Applications Cloud Exchange.This daylong, demo-intensive event is for Oracle customers, partners, and sales representatives who want to see what the future of Oracle’s cloud user experiences will look like. Attendees will also see what’s cooking in Oracle’s research and development kitchen – concepts that aren’t products … yet.All attendees must be approved to attend and have signed Oracle’s non-disclosure agreement. Register HERE.Date and time:  1 - 4 p.m. and 6 - 8:00 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 Location: Intercontinental Hotel, 888 Howard Street, San Francisco, Calif., on the Spa Terrace.

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  • session management: verifying a user's log-in state

    - by good_computer
    I am storing sessions in my database. Everytime a user logs in, I create a new row corresponding to the new session, generate a new session id and send it as a cookie to the browser. My session data looks something like this: { 'user_id': 1234 'user_name': 'Sam' ... } When a request comes, I check whether a cookie with a session id is sent. If it is, I fetch session data from my database (or memcache) corresponding to that session id. When the user logs out, I remove the session data from my database (and memcache), and delete the cookie from the user's browser too. Notice that in my session data, I don't have something like logged_in: true. This is because if I find a session record in the database (or memcache) I deduce that the user is logged in, and if there is no session record found, the user is not logged in. My question is: is this the right approach? Should I have a logged_in key in my session data? Is there any possibility that a session record may be present on the server where the corresponding user is actually NOT logged in? Are there any security implications in having or not having such a key?

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  • Managing arbitrary user permissions under PureFTPd

    - by Sebastián Grignoli
    I need to provide an FTP service that needs to be web-managed in the simplest way possible. My customer wants to create folders and users, and give them read only or read/write access arbitrarily. For example: The folder 'Documents' should be read only for several users, writable for internal users, and invisible for the rest. The folder 'Pictures' should be read only for journalists, writable for associates, and invisible for the rest. The folder 'Media' should be read only, writable or invisible for arbitrary users specified on the admin. There could be a large number of users and folders. I can't find a good way to accomplish that. I thought that I could give each user a home folder and put symlinks for the folders he has read access to, and make the user part of the folder's group when he has write access too, but now I think that this wouldn't work, because with PureFTPd (or ProFTPd) I can only specify the virtual user's mapping to a system user, and only one GUID for each virtual user. My approach requires that I could specify several GUIDs for each user (one by each folder he has write access to). I need to start programming this admin and I still don't know wich approach would work, if any. ¿Any ideas?

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