Installing nagios3 on debian4 etch

I want to install nagios3 on my debian4 etch system, but apt-get install nagios3 yields Couldn't find package nagios3. What should I add to /etc/apt/sources.list? In general, how do I find which source provides a given package, and what are good sources to add to sources.list? I'm running a

Sniffing traffic to a named pipe

I have a blackbox program that reads/writes to a named pipe. I want to see what's being written w/o interfering w/ the program. What's the easiest way to do this? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that

Cheap Debian VPS servers

Who are the cheapest Debian VPS server providers? Reason: I'm setting up a cluster of cheap, small-disk, low-memory Debian VPSs (running lighttpd, tinydns, etc). For redundancy, I need VPSs from several different providers, not several VPSs from one provider. Here's what I've found so far (I'm

Sendmail to send mail only, using MX records

I have sendmail installed on etch, but not running as a daemon. When I do: # echo Test | /usr/lib/sendmail f...@bar.com the logs show this: Jun 21 11:13:51 debian sendmail[3924]: n5LFDpSS003924: to=...@bar.com, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30005,

Re: Sendmail to send mail only, using MX records

On 6/21/09, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Kelly Jones wrote: I have sendmail installed on etch, Is there a reason not to upgrade to Lenny, the current stable? This is outside of your current problem but you really should think about keeping current. I plan to use a cluster of cheap VPS

What packages has aptitude installed on my server?

I often do aptitude install package to install a package. Cow can I get a list of all the packages I've installed this way? Looking at /var/cache/apt/archives seems like a kludge? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology.

Unix command-line tools to edit SharePoint site?

I begrudgingly use a Windows SharePoint server at a customer's request. I'd like to automate (command-line) updating and creating documents, lists, etc. Is there a Unix tool that does this? I know SharePoint has an API, which basically spoofs the GET/POST calls that your browser would make(?).

How to install PHP5 using aptitude?

I tried to install PHP5 (both as an Apache module and as a standalone), but this command: # aptitude search php5 v libapache-mod-php5 - v libapache2-mod-php5 - v php5- v php5-cgi- v php5-cli

Re: How to install PHP5 using aptitude?

: On Saturday 17 March 2007 20:44, Kelly Jones wrote: shows that all PHP5 packages are virtual-- they're only used to satisfy dependencies. I'd just install the virtual packages and see whether it works. They might have dependencies on the actual PHP which mortals are unable to find