How to give your Plesk users SSH access

Plesk-LogoBy default SSH access is disabled for FTP and web users which is a very good thing. I’d recommend enabling this only if you know exactly who’s connecting to your server and why.

In my case, I want to use my server to host Git repositories so I can collaborate with some trusted coding buddies of mine. Here’s how I did it – I’m using Plesk 11 for this demonstration:

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How to change the background colour of a UIView

You can use the backgroundColor property for this: self.yourView.backgroundColor = [UIColor purpleColor]; Pre-defined values are blackColor darkGrayColor lightGrayColor whiteColor grayColor redColor greenColor blueColor cyanColor yellowColor magentaColor orangeColor purpleColor brownColor clearColor You can also define your own colours by creating a UIColor object (from RGB or HSL values). Here’s how you can create your own RGB […]

Workaround: Parallels Desktop is not seeing my DVD Drive in Mountain Lion

Today I wanted to install Windows 7 using Parallels Desktop 7 on my Mac, but sadly I always got an error message every time I tried. It was saying it could not connect to my DVD drive – which clearly my Mac could.

Doing some research it turns out that several people had this problem, however I didn’t understand the instructions given by Parallels very well. Getting frustrated I decided to write my own, and give you some pointers where else to look for help.

For this scenario I’m using a DVD copy of Windows 7 Home Premium and the latest version of Parallels Desktop 7.0.15107. Parallels Desktop 8 is already out but I’ve decided not to upgrade at this point.

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