wine-116-itunes-no-devices.sh
(right-click the link to download this script)

to run it:
save the script to your desktop or home folder
open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), navigate to the same directory as the script.
type: chmod 777 wine-116-itunes-no-devices.sh (hit enter)
then type: ./wine-116-itunes-no-devices.sh (hit enter)

This script will build a custom version of wine 1.1.6 that will run iTunes 8.0.1 on Ubuntu 8.10. The resulting installation of wine will *NOT* (?) recognize iPhones or iPods. This installation will NOT conflict with your existing wine installation – it is separate!!!

Expect to download 500+ mb of stuff and compile for 2+ hours. I may find a way to simplify it later, but my goal now is to get it working reliably and predictably for everyone running Ubuntu 8.10.

Please leave detailed feedback including your operating system and version of iTunes as well as other information (i expect people to try lots of different things). “it worked” or “it didn’t work” are not useful comments!!
As far as getting devices to work, my best shot was Marteen  Lankhorst’s rejected patches (http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-patches/2008-May/054483.html), but i haven’t gotten them to work with iTunes 8 (not sure why). Just in case you weren’t clear: This version WILL run iTunes 8, but it will NOT recognize your iPod/iPhone.  My current solution for that is with VirtualBox: http://www.huanix.com/2008/11/03/fixing-usb-on-virtualbox-to-allow-iphone-sync-with-an-ubuntu-host-running-windows-xp/

For the latest developments on this, go to the wiki at : http://www.huanix.com/sync-in-linux/index.php/ITunes_8_through_modified_Wine

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I have a fiberoptic to the home (FTTH) internet connection, and with that comes IPTV. The IPTV is run through Amino 125 STB’s running Kasenna middleware.

The Amino box is accessible through Telnet. It’s not difficult to connect – I may elaborate later, but once you get the ip of the box, you can use
telnet [ip to box]
login: root
password: root2root

Inside the box is a basic linux directory system and a pretty extensive busybox implementation (Busybox offers basic GNU commands without a complete linux install).

My current issue is an inability to connect my mythtv installation to the IPTV network. I can spoof a MAC from one of the amino boxes using a “hw address” call added to the init script. (more later if you need it).

The problem is that the amino box uses specific network paramaters to request DHCP and I’m having trouble (lots of trouble) getting them right. I telnetted into a running box and set a static interface to mimic the directives (bcast, address, netmask) (I did not specify gateway as I can’t find it again – though I did see it in the config files on the STB).

The bonus is that the config files are all available in simple config scripts available on the STB. If I pull it off the closed Kasenna network I can give it my own DHCP and explore it all day long.

There is a LOT of info on the VLC forums about using these boxes, but like I said, I’m not interested in the box, I’m interested in connecting myth to the iptv stream.

I’m going to add a directory listing of the rc.d files to try to attract some traffic to what I’m doing. If I can find even one person to commit to working with me, I’ll be glad to set up a wiki and do some in-depth documentation.

./init.d:
drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root            0 Jan  1  1970 .
drwxr-xr-x    7 root     root            0 Jan  1 00:00 ..
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root            0 Jan  1  1970 CVS
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          319 Jan  1  1970 mountscript
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          989 Jan  1  1970 rc
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          922 Jan  1  1970 rc.STBremoteconf
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          323 Jan  1  1970 rc.ami_wm
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          276 Jan  1  1970 rc.av_router
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1124 Jan  1  1970 rc.bootmcastbootd
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          475 Jan  1  1970 rc.ca_app
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          493 Jan  1  1970 rc.ca_kmod
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         3503 Jan  1  1970 rc.checkforupgrade
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          483 Jan  1  1970 rc.cookies
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          566 Jan  1  1970 rc.daemon_app
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          454 Jan  1  1970 rc.davincistb_gfx
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          338 Jan  1  1970 rc.davincistb_os_core
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          613 Jan  1  1970 rc.dvbttx
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        11009 Jan  1  1970 rc.ethernet
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root           94 Jan  1  1970 rc.final
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          831 Jan  1  1970 rc.finalise_upgrade
-rwxrwxr-x    1 root     root          481 Jan  1  1970 rc.gpio_driver
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1166 Jan  1  1970 rc.ir_driver
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          662 Jan  1  1970 rc.js_management_pages
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          499 Jan  1  1970 rc.linkstate
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          302 Jan  1  1970 rc.norflash_driver
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         2335 Jan  1  1970 rc.ntpclient
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          338 Jan  1  1970 rc.opera
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          689 Jan  1  1970 rc.osk
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          558 Jan  1  1970 rc.remote_login
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          499 Jan  1  1970 rc.smartcard
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          288 Jan  1  1970 rc.telnetd
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          450 Jan  1  1970 rc.tira
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1456 Jan  1  1970 rc.tistb_av_core
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root            0 Jan  1  1970 rc3.d
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root            0 Jan  1  1970 rc5.d
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          743 Jan  1  1970 rcS

Your comments and help are appreciated.

Config (Testing):
1. Set the mythtv MAC to an Amino mac: “ifconfig eth0 inet hw ether ##:##:MA:C#:## up” (you will have to take the network down first.

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The first valuable resource I found is wikipedia’s list of CMS’s, which is initially impressive, but I quickly found it overwhelming. To be perfectly honest, I don’t feel like sorting through a list of hundreds of CMS’s, I want a CMS that meets two sets of criteria: One, it has to meet my platform preferences, and two, it has to be in current cutting-edge development.

My platform preferences:

• Linux 2.6
• Apache 2.2
• PHP 5
• Mysql 5

My development preferences:

• GNU license
• In development 2+ years
• The most downloads from Sourceforge.
• The site with the highest traffic on Alexa.

While I have yet to document my results, which I plan to share later on this blog, the winner appears to be Joomla!. The only drawback to this point is that it does appear to require patience in implementation, something I lack! I spent a couple hours with it recently, and while I was impressed with it’s capability, I realized it would take signifcant experience to make it jump through the hoops I have in mind.

here it is… ( i really need to read the geshi docs so i can format this properly!)


#include
int main(){
std::cout <<"Content-Type: text/html<html>\n\n ";
std::cout << "text.";
std::cout << "</html>";
return 0;
}

Anyway, it compiled pretty easily as a cgi script; getting it to run in apache took me a few minutes, as a matter of fact, i am afraid i hosed some stuff on this test system trying to get it working. I finally added

Options +ExecCGI

to the apache2 config file — in ubuntu, i actually modified the /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file, under the Directory /var/www tag.

This allowed me to run the cgi.. at least.. i tried 84 things, so I -think- that’s what finally worked

tomorrow i’d like to try some post/get forms with c++, i write my forms with so much php that i’m not sure how i’ll do it with c.

btw – thanks to http://www.metalshell.com/view/source/127/ for the idea.

1. Enable mod_rewrite in Apache
   sudo a2enmod rewrite
2. Edit the configuration file.
   1. sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
   2. line 12 says “AllowOverride none” ;
   3. change it to “AllowOverride all”
   4. save and close
3. Okay… one last step — you have to manually restart Apache (or restart your computer!)

sudo apache2 -k restart

All done! now Apache and php can create URL’s on the fly – pretty neato!

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My idea is that your [my] local computer retains the POST encoded url for at least one resubmit (When you see a popup that says, “This page contains post data, do you wish to resubmit…”). That opportunity could be used to implement a tool to dump the data somewhere else for future reference.. more to come!

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All of these things require a dynamic dependent drop down list. I found several resources for completing this task, and after several hours of work, I got it to work using what I believe is the simplest method. You may be far more skilled than I am, and this may be a breeze for you, but I have very little knowledge of JavaScript, so I relied on PHP as much as possible.
Many folks use DreamWeaver to create these menus – I am challenge-oriented, so all of my techniques refer to hand-coded methods.

The first and most highly regarded source for creating dependent dynamic drop downs is the Matt Kruse method, Matt has written an extensive JavaScript library that simplifies the entire dynamic dropdown task.. and it does, but because of my unfamiliarity with JavaScript, I had trouble adding the database through PHP.
I was initially stoked about an AJAX method, and I found one at webmonkey, but I am a novice to AJAX, and I couldn’t make it happen.
I also tried codefixer, but after some struggling, I decided it wasn’t the method for me.

All of this to say, I did eventually find the magic, and it was relatively easy to use (if you add a trick). The source is at wrox, and the trick I used to make it work was to create a simulated database using their structure, and slowly migrate it over to my setup. It worked really well, used a minimum of code, and does the job perfectly!

Here is my cleaned up and working version of the script:http://www.huanix.com/files/dependent_select/dependent_select.php

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I have three ideas to prevent the exploit:
1. Edit the Apache config file to allow php to parse “php~” files.
2. Write a cron job to remove temporary backup files from the web directory.
3. Manually delete ~ files from the web directory, or don’t edit files on the server. 

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I just wanted to test php highlighting in geshi

Anyway – writing that gave me the idea to write a Apache2 include for tracking visitors – i LOVE the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] element, and I will have fun just toying with it. Here’s a short explanation how I did it:

First, set up a database and table, then add a user on MySql:

# mysql -u root
# create database login;
# create user login identified by ‘password’;
# grant insert on login.* to login;

This user will only be able to add data to the database, and because he hasn’t been granted “select” privileges, he won’t [easily] be able to see what he inserted.

Now set up the table using MySQL. You can do this from the root account if you choose:

CREATE TABLE `login` (
`count` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`username` varchar(64) default NULL,
`password` varchar(64) default NULL,
`IP` varchar(20) default NULL,
`refer` varchar(256) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`count`));

The fields are “count” it’s just a simple primary key, “username” will take the value the user passes , “password” takes the password they passed – if this were a real password form that would be an encrypted value – but this is just a toy to see what values people will attempt to pass to a login that they don’t own. “IP” will take the $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] element, and “refer” takes the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] element.
Finally, you’ll write a form and a simple PHP page to take some variables and insert them into the database – here’s what I used:

##Add your css here if you want
title> /title> \ form method=”post” action=”?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>”> label for=”username”>Username
input type=”text” id=”username” name=”username” />
label for=”password”>Password
input type=”password” id=”password” name=”password” />
input type=”submit” value=”log in” name=”submit” />
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$IP = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$refer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

if($db = @mysqli_connect(‘localhost’, ‘USERNAME’, ‘PASSWORD’)) {
mysqli_select_db($db, ‘login’);
$query= “insert into login (username, password, IP, refer) values (‘$username’, ‘$password’, ‘$IP’, ‘$refer’)”;
mysqli_query($db, $query);
mysqli_close($db);
}else{
echo “The db could not connect.”;}

if(isset($password)){
echo ‘Your credentials failed.’;
};
?

That is really just gross. No kidding. It’s awful – I just started using wordpress and I have discovered that I’ll have to work on an effective way to share code, or at least learn how WordPress handles it. I do apolgize for the ugliness – hopefully it conveys the big picture!
I have a confession. I suck at HTML formatting. I think it’s a failure to learn rather than a failure of creativity. At very point i am struggling with the layout of two tables on www.sl7pm.com that don’t even need to exist. I think I’m going to cruise over to amazon and pick up a good book on web2.0 formatting. My logical brain tells me that means using more CSS and XML, but my creative brain tells me it means making things look attractive.. and I know from my own experience that ugly sites aren’t sticky!

I am still using the 1999 “tables” style of formatting.. which i think is awesome for displaying database results, but needs to go out the door for attractive and functional web design.
The title? I spent a good 5 minutes mis-spelling referer before i realized what a goober i was. I thought i’d add that as a beacon to those who are still mispelling it!

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