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...
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...
Just added a user to the Guests Local Group on a Windows 2003 Server and wondered why the Internet Explorer Homepage settings wouldn't stick. Doh... Remember this for next time jimmy.
Just checked Telstra smartphone upgrade page and discovered some bad news about my HTC Desire "HTC will no longer proceed with a mass-market Gingerbread update for Desire due to the memory requirements of Android 2.3" Reading elsewhere I heard that they had trouble...
Just discovered GEPIR the "Global Electronic Party Information Registry" You can enter a limited number of barcodes (it has a query request limit) and it may return the company that owns the barcode prefix. I say may because some of the barcodes I sampled didn't...
#!/bin/bash ### ### Sample background worker script ### for linuxquestions.org written ### by Florian Harbich (user doc.nice) ### ### Free for use or modification, even if ### useless in this variant... ### # to terminate the script # run "touch...
Apache Web Server Security Configuration If you are thinking of moving to a self managed service one of the really important things is that you think heavily about security, especially of anything exposed to the web. If you have apache running then it's crucial to...
Update Jan 2 2014: I migrated away from Dreamhost to a VPS at Rackspace hosting. I have to admin the Rackspace VPS myself (meaning the Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP environment is my problem to maintain) but the uptime and performance of the small 512 MB RAM VPS I...
Install wine (yum install wine or apt-get install wine ) Download and install the Windows version of Acrobat reader: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/ (I chose the .exe version for the download) Install it using wine. My Install of Acrobat Reader X for...
How to upgrade your BIOS using a DOS Boot CD Loaded with DOS BIOS Utils http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html Now here's the genius stuff: How to upgrade your BIOS using DOS Boot CD and DOS BIOS Utils...