Category Archives: GNU/Linux

For Debian Developers who watch discussions about possible GRs

2009-01-07 by mjr

I believe that most debian developers ignore discussions of possible general resolutions like the current one, until/unless they look like reaching the required number of seconds to trigger a vote. It’s hard to prove that a group is ignoring something, … Continue reading →

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New Years Resolution: Avoid These Bad Ideas?

2009-01-02 by mjr

I’m not a big new year resolution maker (new year is just a side-effect of a calendaring system), but if you are, I suggest the following resolutions to avoid three bad ideas: Change your passwords and do not set it … Continue reading →

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Debian, Lenny GR and the Secretary

2008-12-19 by mjr

Two policy issues have been brewing in debian and I’ve been mostly quiet about them because I’ve been busy with TTLLP work. One is the Lenny release GR which I’m still trying to make sense of. I mean: yikes! I’ve … Continue reading →

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Smart Tricks with ssh

2008-12-11 by mjr

Host * ControlPath ~/.ssh/sock/%r@%h:%p ControlMaster auto from Nijel’s weblog: Speed up SSH logins – is there any disadvantage to this? Also, “completition” is a great typo along the lines of my frequent “abou tit” one. ServerAliveInterval 3600 for reasons explained … Continue reading →

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HOWTO Apache httpd 2.2 PAM Authentication Modules

2008-10-28 by mjr

One consequence of the server outage was that I could finally justify the time to solve an irritating Apache authentication problem. In fact, I had to solve the problem, because I needed to log in to our control panels. (I … Continue reading →

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Firmware and the Shape of Debian Lenny

2008-10-23 by mjr

Lenny is the codename for the next release of debian, which will be debian 5.0 formally. For the first time that I can remember, debian will fit on one disk. OK, so it’s a blu-ray disk (BD), but I’m sure … Continue reading →

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Monday Machine-Mangling Madness, or: Server2 on fire!

2008-10-21 by mjr

Bonfire Onlooker by dominicspics (cc-by) Of all the things I wanted to do yesterday, testing TTLLP’s disaster recovery plan was not one of them. I often suggest customers make disaster recovery plans, but I don’t like having to use them. … Continue reading →

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Continuing Realtek 8139 Drop-out problems

2008-10-16 by mjr

Back in Solved but Why? Belkin F5D7630 to Realtek 8139 Drop-outs, I thought I’d cured my random 20+-second network hang problem, but I celebrated too soon. While that seemed to work for a while, it didn’t last. Those options also … Continue reading →

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Pulling One File From a Plesk Backup

2008-10-08 by mjr

I won’t repeat my frequent anti-Plesk rant, but suffice to say: it’s a pain. For some reason, we wanted one file back out of a backup. It took me a few minutes to realise it, but Plesk’s backups are essentially … Continue reading →

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Another Wednesday, Another Joe-Job

2008-09-25 by mjr

Yesterday, another of our mailboxes got joe-jobbed, just like last week. Again, it was one of our Exim servers (yes, one got done along with a qmail last week). Again, it was an address that should never appear as the … Continue reading →

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