Although it wasn’t causing any problems I wanted to stop proftpd logging these lines: Aug 15 09:51:00 servername proftpd: pam_unix(proftpd:session): session opened for user joebloggs by (uid=0) Aug 15 09:51:01 servername proftpd: pam_env(proftpd:setcred): Unable to open config file: /etc/security/pam_env.conf: No such file or directory Aug 15 09:51:01 servername proftpd: pam_succeed_if(proftpd:session): error retrieving information about user 0 Aug… Read more »
Posts By: jonny
Improving the Munin Layout
Following on from Fran Diéguez’s post about Munin Layout I found that the layout didn’t work for me – there appeared to be a few broken links – or maybe I hadn’t deleted the style.css file. In any case I decided to fiddle with the template styles from Fran’s download and I have uploaded the… Read more »
Rostrevor to Warrenpoint Swim
Rostrevor to Warrenpoint 3.5km swim 59 mins 56 secs in choppy waters – pleased with that! 13th position and only a few minutes behind Padraig Mallon who swam the English channel a few weeks ago.
DriveReady SeekComplete Error
On some CentOS VMs running on VMWare I was seeing the following errors in the syslog: Jul 19 09:35:08 hostname kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Jul 19 09:35:08 hostname kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } Jul 19 09:35:08 hostname kernel: ide: failed opcode was: 0xec Looks like while installing munin-node a plugin… Read more »
Fabric: Getting Started Tutorial
Hopefully this may help someone else out there who is looking for a good excuse to use Fabric in anger. I install Fabric on my local Ubuntu desktop using: sudo apt-get install fabric With Fabric installed I created a new directory for playing around and inside that folder created a file named fabfile.py as follows:… Read more »
Installing node.js and the Less Compiler on Ubuntu
I’m on Ubuntu 13.04 on trying to install the less compiler via NPM was troublesome. I was getting an old version of node (0.6.x) when I needed 0.8+ for using NPM. So when I tried the following: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nodejs npm sudo npm install -g less I had… Read more »
Top of the Tops 2013
A revised list of my favourite ‘tops’ htop htop can provide a little more info than the traditional ‘top’ – I like how it shows the amount of memory usage minus the cache. iftop To check network connectivity use iftop: iptraf Like iftop but with more options and even the ability to show traffic by… Read more »
Cisco Router Emulation with GNS3
I followed the GNS3 instructions for installation and simple topology. GNS3 can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre (below) or from the command line with: sudo apt-get install gns3 After installation GNS3 was available from the Education sub-menu. On first run the Setup Wizard appears. I clicked the big ‘1’ button to and from… Read more »
Oracle Packaging – Not So Eco-Friendly
This is what Oracle sent to replace a battery in a server. That little silver thing in the bag is the battery – no bigger than the fingernail on my smallest finger!
Very Cheap Wildcard SSL Certificate
At $59 per year this has to be the cheapest Wildcard SSL cert ever – my only deliberation is will they still be around for the year? https://www.ssl2buy.com/alphassl-wildcard.php
