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mod_security2 sigh
Good Concept Just be prepared for head scratching I had a post with this as the URL /it-tips/getting-screenshots-working-the-way-i-like-in-lxde couldn't access with mod_security running. The reason it didn't like the word "like" in the Permalink tag. So I've changed...
SeLinux – I’ve got my eye on you
SeLinux troubleshooting
Determining the hard disk model on Linux without cracking the case
Hard disk model hdparm -I /dev/sdb | grep Model Model Number: WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 Capacity and sector size hdparm -I /dev/sdb | grep size Logical Sector size: 512 bytes Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes device size with M = 1024*1024: 1907729 MBytes device size with M...
How long does it take for ddrescue to take a rescue image of 2TB SATA drive?
Answer: A long time. In my case I started at around 7:30PM last night and it's at 1343GB with another ~700GB to go and it's almost 8AM the following morning. So at the moment it's taken 12+HRs to do ~1.3TB. The total time was from 7:30PM 12/09/2011 to 2:41 13/02/2011....
pidof
This will seem really simple to those that know about these things, but hey I'm easily amused. Here is a snippet from an /etc/init.d script HTTPD=/httpd/bin/httpd PIDFILE=/httpd/logs/httpd.pid if pidof $HTTPD | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -w $(cat $PIDFILE); then return 0 fi...
The Telarah Times has moved to a Rackspace Self Managed Cloud Server
Dreamhost to Rackspace So after a long time with Dreamhost. I've made the move to a Self Managed Cloud Server at Rackspace. Don't get me wrong Dreamhost has all the flexibility you would need for shared hosting but I was finding that to get the resources I needed for...