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Posts from 2009
Serve out content over HTTP from your cwd immediatly
Ever want to immediatly serve content from a specific directory over HTTP, but didn't want to bother messing with httpd.conf or other webserver configiurations? If you've got Python installed, this is a snap. Execute python with the SimpleHTTPServer module, using port 8080 so there isn't a need to elevate privs to root. Sure enough, pointing a browser to the IP address :8080 of the box hits my home directory listing…
$ read more →Package not found support in Fedora 12
I've been a long time reader of arstechnica, and really dig their technology reviews. I just came across their Ars takes a first look under the hood of Fedora 12 article, and was stoked when I read the following: "PackageKit, the package management framework, has also received some intriguing enhancements in Fedora 12. A new customization for the bash shell will detect when the user attempts to run a command from a package that is not installed and will offer to automatically install the package. This is not fully integrated yet, but users who want to test it can install the Packagekit-command-not-found package." I am rather stoked that the Fedora developers decided to implement this…
$ read more →Concert Review AC/DC
It seems like just yesterday my best friend Dan told me about AC/DC, and put the Back in Black album in his CD player. I was floored by the music I was hearing, especially "Hells Bells", "Givin The Dog A Bone" and my personal all time favorite AC/DC tune, "Back In Black." Well, I was fortunate enough to get to see AC/DC perform live this week, and what an AMAZING experience! The band came out in their typical attire (Brian Johnson in a cutoff shirt, Angus Young in his well known shorts and tie, etc.), and they sounded clear, focused and energized from the minute they started playing their instruments! The opening song "Rock N' Roll Train" sounded amazing, and their stage presence absolutely floored me (Angus still has his classic kick and strut!)…
$ read more →Solaris SNMP agent updated to net-snmp version 5.4.1
I just saw that the opensolaris net-snmp software was updated to version 5.4.1: This is a welcome addition, and will provide admins with a number of new capabilities (e.g., disk monitoring) that aren't available in the net-snmp 5.0.9 build that is currently part of Solaris!
$ read more →Building chroot jails with the Linux yum utility
I just posted an article titled building chroot jails with the Linux yum utility to my website. The article touches on chroot jails, and shows how to create a chroot jail using the yum utility.
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