Avoiding 777 Permissions

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Find Files Modified in the last X Days

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Ubuntu Nautilus Sudo Extension - Open as Sudo

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Be Broadband DNS Issues

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Accessing Raw XML Posted to a Script

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PEAR not working for you, Open Basedir?

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