by Ron | Oct 20, 2008 | Linux
nano /etc/rc.local and add /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start
by Ron | Sep 15, 2008 | Apple, Linux, Uncategorized
Dropbox is a service that allows you to keep files synchronized across multiple machines (and multiple platforms). Click through and checkout the video. It’s pretty slick! Here is some additional info from ars technica.
by Ron | Sep 4, 2008 | Gadgets, Uncategorized
Wahoo! Not sure when it started, but yesterday I noticed IMAP mail was flowing immediately to my Blackberry Curve (I’m a BIS user on T-mobile). Then today, I see this post over at Blackberry Cool which confirms I’m not the only one!...
by Ron | Aug 29, 2008 | Linux, Uncategorized
I contributed to a Handbrake forum a while back. Thought you might find it useful too. This is my evolving script for transcoding DVDs from MacTheRipper. 1) Save the file in a logical place (I keep it in the Movies Folder… same place I rip movies to). It will...
by Ron | Aug 15, 2008 | Apple
I can never remember the path to the hosts file on my MacBook Pro. So, here it is: sudo nano /private/etc/hosts
by Ron | Aug 13, 2008 | Linux
To find what flavor of Linux you’re using: cat /etc/*-release To find the version, use: uname -a
by Ron | Aug 1, 2008 | Linux
This doesn’t work perfectly, but I often use it to start tracking down disk hogs: To return the 10 largest items in a given directory: du -cksh * |sort -rn |head -11 Some times it’s helpful to view all du -cksh * |sort -rn If someone has a better approach,...
by Ron | Aug 1, 2008 | Linux, Uncategorized
Looking for a log to show you failed login attempts to your Linux machine? Look in: /var/log/btmp You can access it by running: /usr/bin/lastb It’s similiar to the wtmp log of user login/logouts and the utmp log showing who is currently logged...
by Ron | Jul 29, 2008 | Apple, Uncategorized
Products like Spanning Sync allow you to sync your iCal with your Google calendar. Now Google has a new service called “Google Calendar CalDAV” that allows you to do the same thing. Details at: Enable Google Calendar in iCal I tried it and it works very...
by Ron | Jul 7, 2008 | Linux
I install RHEL on all my production machines and CentOS on all my test/development boxes. Installing the GUI is helpful for configuration, but you sure don’t want to run them that way all the time. So after everything is installed, configured and tested, I make...
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