Man
You all are the real McCoy... I thought I knew a little about it, but uh, I hadn't realized how little that was. Thanks doesn't cover it. Maybe I'll host a party and buy steak for everyone who made informative comments. Seriously, it seems that one cannot put a price on maintaining the security of their systems. And this you've certainly empowered me to do, at least in some measure better than I was before able to do. Is everyone going to the Security Demonstration in Draper tonight at 7? Oh, and Jason and Steve are welcome to comment. That was a joke guys. Come on. Scott /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
Re: A little OT - looking for help designing electronics of embedded linux device
Jeff wrote: I know this is a little off topic but I keep running into dead ends on this one and I'm hoping the collective intelligence (or is that intelligence of the collective - borg-style) can help out. Jeff, Did you get any traction on this? I know a fellow is Salt Lake who may be able to help. -Peter /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
Re: FSCK as needed
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 02:39:08PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: I do regular offsite backups via two external hard drives which I alternate weekly. I use a script to mount them. I'd like to add a provision to fsck the file systems but only if they need it, either by time since the last fsck, or by count. Is there a simple way to do that? There are options to tune2fs such as -c and -i that you can use to set the fsck interval. For ext3, most people now seem to recommend disabling forced checks. The idea is that the journal should usually be good enough, and the forced checks can be really annoying. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
Job Post
Let me know if you are interested, and I will pass along the contact information to you. -Ryan -- Original Message -- Subject: The Bowdoin Group Date:Thu, July 16, 2009 08:58 -- Title: Linux Engineer/Manager Not a System Administrator The top 3 necessary skills for the position are: 1) Experience with Linux clusters using SAN storage 2) Experience with XEN and VMWare virtualization. 3) Linux Kernel compilation and tuning. Senior Linux/Unix Developer/Test Engineer Summary: Installs and configures clusters of Linux based application and database servers. Drafts and executes test plans of Linux related software on clusters. Experience with Linux application cluster design, administration and tuning (including san) required. Experience with virtualization technologies required. Details: Strong software development skills in multi-tiered and distributed environments using iterative development process, including 5+ years of advanced programming experience * Application performance testing plan drafting and execution. * Experience with usage and customization of open source application performance test tools. * Multiple Programming Languages: C, C++, Perl, Python, Cold Fusion, JAVA * 4 year technical degree or higher at an accredited institution. * Linux Cluster and cluster storage design, configuration and tuning. * Linux Kernel customization and compilation * Databases: Mysql, Postgresql, Oracle * Multiple Operating Systems: Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, etc. * Experience with multiple virtualization technologies: Xen, VMWare, KVM, * Excellent analytical and problem solving skills; with the ability to analyze business processes and create application models utilizing project-management standards * Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a cross functional team. * Telecom and/or Internet domain knowledge and experience with solid experience with eBusiness processes and/or back-end applications /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
Re: Yes, a can of worms... But general direction would be nice...
Sasha Pachev wrote: A) Tell him he's got it all wrong, he needs a sysadmin to run his system. Since he does not have a backup and who knows what his application does now after being hacked, he needs to re-install the OS on his dedicated server that is 1000 miles a way, and the application needs to be re-written from scratch to be sure. B) Find the offending code, remove it. Investigate the break-in, close the holes. Instruct him on how to make a backup and encourage him to do it regularly. Spend the rest of the time permitted by the client's budget securing the most vulnerable parts of the system. The right answer is a more than B. This sysadmin should also put the customer's application and configuration under version control and tell the customer that a complete reinstall is still necessary sometime in the next year or two. That will give the customer time to consider alternate hosting setups that are easier to manage than dedicated servers. A real-life analogy to illustrate what I am talking about. Hwy 6 is dangerous, many people have lost their lives driving on it. When you go to Moab from Provo do you take I-15/I-70 route instead to avoid Hwy 6 just to be sure? Our government spends a little extra money on highway 6 to make it safer. So should the customer whose site was hacked. Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
Re: podcast feed generation for itunes
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Lonnie Olsonli...@kittypee.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Scott Edwardssupad...@gmail.com wrote: My music is a bit of a mess on multiple computers, but I'd like to consolidate most of it to the ibook so I can sync to my soon to be here ipod. :) Importing music with mac+o doesn't seem to digest large collections well. I have some podcasts that seem to handle this better. I have apache running on all my workstations (huzza for mod_userdir). I'm sufficiently savvy with perl, but I'm lazy! Is there a wheel for this? I don't mind inventing my own, but I need something to take a list of files, and create the spiffy xml file for feeding itunes as a podcast so it'll download stuff over the network etc. Using the podcasting mechanisms to download your local tunes is very hackish, and unnecessary. The simplest way to accomplish your goal is to: * Mount the source location to the destination using Samba/NFS/etc * Verify iTunes is configured to copy files to the local library * Using the File - Add to Library dialog to select the folder on the mounted location to Add to your Library. an alternative may include simple rsync from source to destination, and using the Add to Library of the local folder, after turning off the Keep my iTunes music folder organized option. You should know I'm a big rsync fan. --lonnie /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */ I've solved these two itunes issues now. There is one folder that I imported five or six times, simply confused they didn't show up anywhere. The library check boxes you talked about got me thinking, and the target rsync folder (ibook as the destination), is in the Music/ directory, so it didn't get copied again. But, iTunes didn't add these to its database... annoying, but easily fixed by moving the target just below $HOME. As for the second problem, a track I fetched off my mp3 player for the car (just a 3rd party no name brand) had mp3 metadata that didn't match the filename, so when I searched for the filename in spotlight, it only found this copy. When I double clicked on it (source being the usb drive), it played in itunes, but showed a different track name, one that I wasn't able to find because all the searches I used would miss it. Thanks for the thoughts fungus. Scott Edwards /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
