July 31, 2010 · Backup · 3 comments

What is BAR?

From application author

BAR is backup archiver program. I developed this program after I could not find a simple to use archiver program to create compressed and encrypted archives of my files which can be stored on a cd or dvd. While I devoped the program -- development is still not finished -- I added some more useful features. Now I use the program to make automated backups from all my files either on dvd or directly via an Internet connection to a file server.

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July 12, 2010 · Backup, General, Security · 5 comments

Few days ago after I've posted post "How To Reset Forgotten Ubuntu Password", someone ask me (or maybe not ask but give an opinion) about the security of Linux (we all know, "security" is one of the majority feature that Linux offered to us). How about the security if we can reset the root password as easy as that my post said.
After that, I think about that. And I haven't found the answer until now. But, I've got this useful tutorial from Ubuntu Forum. How we can set password protection to our GRUB
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July 9, 2010 · Backup, General, Security · 13 comments

reset ubuntu passwordContinuing my previous post "how to reset Windows password using Ubuntu", in this post I'll give solution "how to reset Ubuntu password".

It's really easy to reset Ubuntu password! Just log in root mode. And in Ubuntu this can be done by logging in when system reboot. So we logged in CLI mode. Here's the way, how to reset forgotten Ubuntu password. Check it out!

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July 8, 2010 · Backup, General, Security · 23 comments

How to reset your Windows password?

To reset your Windows password is very easy, as easy as resetting your Ubuntu password. What you need is bootable Ubuntu system (ie. USB, CD or anything) and software called chntpw.
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March 23, 2010 · Backup · 9 comments

BAR is backup archiver program to create compressed and encrypted archives of files that can be stored on a hard disk, CD, DVD, or directly on a server via FTP, SCP, or SFTP. A server mode and a scheduler are integrated for making automated backups in the background. A graphical front end that can connect to the (remote) server is included.
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