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- Is my extra drive now a door stop?
- We just had a power spike with the snow we got, and when I checked. Neither of my machines had rebooted. When I rebooted my BSD box, I found that one of my drives would not mount. When I had rebooted, I did notice a clicking sound. ...
- Tags: BSD, circuit board, droolin, board, drive failure, windows, linux, hardware, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
- backing up directories with active process's running in unix
- Ok, I know this is a stupid questionleast in my eyes. I have just set up a UNIX box(FreeBSD 6.2), and building the backup process's. The directories that I want to back up are /home /etc /namedb and /apache22.As you can tell, most of these directories will have...
- Tags: droolin
- Discussion threads 2007-02-13
- Using script to record terminal sessions
- ok, you just made me one happy camperThis could be used for any number of reasons... TrainingThis is what I did and typed. As you suggest, logging log in secessions.Thank you very much.Here is a followup tip... Working in a ssh window, your performing multiple tasks. Instead of...
- Tags: droolin, secession
- Discussion threads 2007-02-12
- bind and sendmail help please
- Actually, I'm not really asking for help as much as I'm asking for some links to some good tutorials. I would rather have that, so I can reference it.bind is already set up, but it is very generic(thus, why I have all ports blocked). I am leasing this...
- Tags: domain, DNS server, server, droolin, DNS
- Discussion threads 2007-01-26
- grey listing to fight spam
- Has anyone ever heard of greylisting as a defense to combat spam? I just read an article on this, which I plan on re-reading.... http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/01/18/greylisting-with-pf.htmlBut, from what I understand of it.... You work with 3 lists...[i]This makes three lists of clients: * Whitelist: known good clients....
- Tags: bsd, Dan, droolin, e-mail, greylisting, linux, networking, security, spam, spammer
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- Linux is not easier to use than Windows and it never will
- This article was nothing but a flameIf I wanted flames, I'd throw some wood in the fireplace and light a match. DanYour poll doesn't account for same level of difficulty.Well your little poll doesn't account for the possibility that Linux is equally easy/difficult to learn as Windows. Your poll...
- Tags: application name, droolin, Linux, Microsoft Windows, True Crypt, window on windows, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-22
- Automate configuration backups with subversion
- Heck of an idea, wish I would have thought about it.I can already see its potential.Dan
- Tags: droolin, security, linux, networking, cvs, config file history, restoration of config files, backup
- Discussion threads 2006-12-14
- Does TR accept input normally on what topics to usee for blog/articles?
- I'm not making this a question on purpose, because I really want to know what everyone thinks. I also know that their have been TR representives that have asked what we wanted at various times. BUT, is there a way for members to provide input into what area's...
- Tags: droolin, feedback, windows, software, career, linux, hardware, networking, programming, off-topic, tr sugestions, Does TR
- Discussion threads 2006-12-14
- Raid question
- Ok, I am going to admit my ignorance on this subject by asking the following questions.Let's say I want to build a Raid system for a small server. I have the choice of using software raid or an actual raid card. At the time this raid system is...
- Tags: hardware, linux, droolin, software RAID, card, RAID, software
- Discussion threads 2006-12-05
- Whois registrants showing different information?
- I have about 200 ip's that have been firewalled because of various factors(ssh brute force attempts, ftp brute force attempts, attempted ssh access from linux). I got a bug up my butt and decided to build a database so that I could track how often
- Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, droolin, IP
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
- My Language Choice Conundrum
- I was thinking about the origional conversation that brought about this posWhen a specifc OS provides a language at the initial install, I beleive they are sugesting what they feel may be the best application for performing sysadmin tasks(origional
- Tags: programming and development, programming, networking, linux, software, career, windows, feedback, droolin, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-10
- sys utilities written in Perl versus shell scripts, which is better?
- I've been putting together some system scripts for where I'm working right now on an OS X 10 system. They were specific in the request, but I coded them in a way to allow them to be general purpose. In other words, I wrote them to use config...
- Tags: C, droolin, linux, networking, Perl, programming, security, shell, shell script, software, utilities
- Discussion threads 2006-10-25
- Perl: My Secret Weapon
- I once used Perl...... to dynamically generate and deploy configurations to over ten thousand routers, test the configuration, double check connectivity, and flag routers where the configuration change failed or (worse!) the router didn't respond after the update.Sure, I could have cobbled it together in csh with grep, sed, tee,...
- Tags: backup, droolin, feedback, linux, Perl, programming, programming and development, security, software, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- pfctl freebsd firewall filter question
- Ok, on my home FreeBSD machine I have had a constant problem of ssh brute force attacks. I have dealt with this in a three prong approach. I use nothing but public/private keys with ssh and you can't log in with any id other then that way. ...
- Tags: pfctl, brute force, Invalid, droolin, Oct 14, Oct, Invalid user, ssh, networking, firewall, linux, security, auth.log
- Discussion threads 2006-10-14
- Know what I would like to see on TechRepublic
- More topics about Unix: FireWalls - PFCTL to be specific which is BSD Server Configuration - Shoot, maybe my below mentioned topics cover this. ...
- Tags: Operating systems, droolin, Unix
- Discussion threads 2006-10-10
- Unix file encrypt accessible to Windows
- I am putting in place a CVS repository that will reside on a Mac OS X server accessible by the application staff via ssh and pserver. I strongly suggested, and they agreed that we put in place a backup procedure that is automated. This backup procedure looks to...
- Tags: CVS Corp., droolin, linux, backup, Microsoft Windows, Unix, password
- Q&A 2006-09-13
- Unix file encrypt accessible to Windows
- I am putting in place a CVS repository that will reside on a Mac OS X server accessible by the application staff via ssh and pserver. I strongly suggested, and they agreed that we put in place a backup procedure that is automated. This backup procedure looks to be a...
- Tags: encryption, unix, cvs, windows, CVS Corp., GpG, Microsoft Windows, droolin, linux, backup, Perl, shell script
- Discussion threads 2006-09-13
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- Proud fathers pictures
- Yea, ok... From a previous post where I asked if I should go to see my daughter in Pennsylvania before she went to her semi-formal. 6 hour drive, and I don't want to think how much money latter... Here is the pictures...http://stephssemiformal.droolin.org:8000/Thanks for all the input everyone, I am...
- Tags: Dan, droolin, loL, Yea
- Discussion threads 2007-01-21
- 1867 nanomachine now reality
- http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/02/01/nanomachine.reut/index.htmlI just think its cool that something that was probably considered the mumbelings of the crazed at the time he said it has become a reality.droolin
- Tags: droolin
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- Setting the record straight on Linux
- behind in so many ways.and here is where the masses chime in saying "you can't play games on Linux." it's practically the only argument against Linux these days.as far as I see it, Windows is behind Linux on so many levels for so many reasons.linux is far more flexiblelinux is...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, jlwallen@..., Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
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