In the annals of “Everyday is a learning day”. I have an Apache server hosting student websites, and the number of websites grew to over 700 within a day and Apache was complaining with error: unable to open logs It took a little while to narrow down the problem as I assumed there was a… Read more »
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Locating Excessive Inode Usage
The command to list the directories using the most inodes is: find . -printf “%h\n” | cut -d/ -f-2 | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn However, I first needed to narrow down the directory under root that might be causing the problem: df -i showed that the root directory (/) was the problem…. Read more »
Configure Java Security Settings on Linux
I received the following error message when trying to run a Java JNLP file: Application Blocked by Security Settings Your security settings have blocked a self-signed application from running Assuming I trust the program I found I could get it to run by amending the Java Security Policy: Amending the Java Security Policy The first… Read more »
Intel Xeon Phi Co-Processor Setup
Introduction Just adding my notes here in case it helps anyone else who finds themselves in a similar situation to me.I have two machines each with an Intel Xeon Phi Co-Processor board. This (in my basic view of the world) is like an extra machine inside the host machine but contains 240 processors clocking in… Read more »
Selectively Checking Disk Usage Excluding Files and Folders
Normally to check the disk usage of directories on a linux system I would run: du -sh * However, occasionally I want to exclude particular directories that take a long time to check and/or that I am not interested in anyway. The example below run from the root of the filesystem skips checks for /home… Read more »
Fido U2F Security Key
So I ordered a FIDO U2F Security Key from a French company ‘Plug-Up’ to have a little play. It is used in 2-factor authentication so when logging in to a service you first enter your username and password and if correct your are prompted for your second factor (a code sent by SMS or a… Read more »
Linux GPS Logging Data
I took part in a swim this weekend – The Battle of Carlingford Lough. My friend Cormac gave his Panasonic Lumix camera to Mary in the kayak and set the camera to log GPS data. He sent me the GPS log file and I opened the log file with BT747 – a Java application that… Read more »
pam_exec.so Execute Commands on User Login
In addition to the normal pam_mkhomedir.so I wanted to create a directory for each user on an alternative disk. To do so I edited: vi /etc/pam.d/password-auth added the line below (just above the line: session optional pam_mkhomedir.so) session optional pam_exec.so /usr/local/bin/create_dir.sh Then created the create_dir.sh file: vi /usr/local/bin/create_dir.sh and added the following: #!/bin/bash if [… Read more »
Linux Voice Magazine with my name in it!
Linux Voice magazine Issue Number 1 arrived today: and my name as a ‘Founder’ from the IndieGogo campaign appears on page 111. Apparently I’m awesome.
Disk Space Usage on Linux
An example of narrowing down disk space usage issues on Linux. Starting with the following command: df -h We see that the root volume has 16% space left. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 129G 103G 20G 84% / cd / We need to run the du command but I wanted to exclude… Read more »
