Ondoy is Over

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Ondoy is now out, but the damage has been done.

Please send your help to those who need them to Philippine National Red Cross (I suggest to send the donations via text):

Monetary Donations

1. CASH or CHECK
Please send cash or check donations to the PNRC National Headquarters in Manila. Checks should be made payable to The Philippine National Red Cross. We can also arrange for donation pick-up.

2. BANK DEPOSIT
Account Name: The Phil. Nat’l. Red Cross

METROBANK
Port Area Branch
Peso Acct.: 151-3-041-63122-8
Dollar Acct.: 151-2-151-00218-2
Type of Acct. : SAVINGS
Swift Code: MBTC PH MM

BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS
Port Area Branch
Peso Acct.: 4991-0010-99
Type of Account: CURRENT

BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS
UN Branch
Dollar Acct.: 8114-0030-94
Type of Account: SAVINGS
Swift Code: BOPI PH MM

For your donations to be properly acknowledged, please fax the bank transaction slip at nos. +63.2.527.0575 or +63.2.404.0979 with your name, address and contact number.

Credit Card

Please fax the following info to +632.404.09.79 and +632.527.0575:

Name of card member, billing address, contact nos. (phone & mobile), credit card no., expiration date, CCV2/ CVC2 (last three digits at the back of the credit card), billing address, amount to be donated.

For online donations you may also visit our website at www.redcross.org.ph

In-Kind Donations

LOCAL
Please send in-kind local donations to The Philippine National Red Cross – National Headquarters in Manila. We could also arrange for donation pick-up.

INTERNATIONAL

1. Send a letter of intent to donate to the PNRC
2. A letter of acceptance from PNRC shall be sent back to the donor
3. Immediately after shipping the goods, please send the (a) original Deed of Donation, (b) copy of packing list and (c) original Airway Bill for air shipments or Bill of Lading for sea shipments to The Philippine National Red Cross–National Headquarters c/o Secretary General Corazon Alma de Leon, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila 2803, Philippines.

The PNRC does not accept rotten, damaged, expired or decayed goods. Though we appreciate your generosity, the PNRC also discourages donations of old clothes as we have more than enough to go around.

SMS and G-CASH (Globe)

SMS
text REDAMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4483 (Smart)

G-CASH
text DONATEAMOUNT4-digit M-PINREDCROSS to 2882

Most urgent needs

Food items: Rice, noodles, canned goods, sugar, iodized salt, cooking oil, monggo beans and potable water

Medicines: Paracetamol, antibiotics, analgesic, oral rehydration salts, multivitamins and medications to treat diarrheal diseases

Non-food items: Bath soaps, face towels, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, plastic mats, blankets, mosquito nets, jerry cans, water containers, water purification tablets, plastic sheetings, and Laundry soap

Rehabilitation Programs: Shelter materials for house repair

Call Hotline 143 or 527.0000

THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
Bonifacio Drive, Port Area,
Manila 2803, Philippines

Linux: How to Force Users to Change Password at First Login

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So,how do you, as a Linux System Administrator, force system users to change their passwords at first or next login? Very simple:

Using chage command:

If the password is already set, execute this command to expire the user account:

chage -d 0 user1

On the user’s next login, password change will be enforced.

Very simple.

Updated Kernel Packages for Bug 516949 – (CVE-2009-2692)

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You may have read my previous post regarding the kernel bug 516949 (CVE-2009-2692), but that is just a workaround to secure your servers until the updated kernel versions are released. The following are the kernel versions that contain the fix for the mentioned kernel bug.

Red Hat Enterprise:

Red Hat Enterprise 3 – Kernel version: kernel-2.4.21-60.EL
Red Hat Enterprise 4 – Kernel version: kernel-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL
Red Hat Enterprise 5 – Kernel version: kernel-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5

Fedora:

Fedora 11 – Kernel version: kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.7.fc11
Fedora 10 – Kernel version: kernel-2.6.27.29-170.2.79.fc10

I will gather more information for Ubuntu Kernel packages.