Conditional logging in Apache 2
Sometimes Apache 2’s logs can get really polluted by entries which you don’t care about and might skew your statistics. For example you wouldn’t want your own IP address in
Getting the umask of a running process
Sometimes you may need to find out the umask a process will use to write to the filesystem - in a Linux environment - but you can not afford to shut down the
Reseting a BIND zone file serial number
One of the most annoying things that can happen when using BIND9 with a lot of slave servers is, mistakingly, setting the serial number for a zone file in the future. Let’s
LVM, inherit and contiguous policies
Recently I was trying to do a regular and simple task for a maintenance: extending a LVM partition. But when using the lvextend on that certain logical volume I was greeted with an
Apt Pinning in Debian
Ever wanted to run certain packages from one version of the operating system ( in this case Debian ) without having to upgrade (or downgrade) the entire system? Well, the “Pin” option in the Apt
Dovecot 1.2 with quotas and quota warnings
We have recently upgraded our mail servers running Debian Etch to Lenny and noticing that Dovecot 1.2 has been backported to Lenny backports, we decided to upgrade to Dovecot to take advantage
More Vim tips
I will continue my previous post with another few Vim tips I recently found in my quest to improve my Vim experience! 1) For those of you annoyed by the auto-comment feature of
Vim tips for the Windows user
If you are like me and want or are forced to use Windows on your desktop or laptop you most probably use putty to ssh into your servers. And also do a lot
Debian, Openvz and Broadcom 5716 ethernet cards
Recently we have bought a new server to replace an old HP DL360 that failed. The decision was made to buy a new Dell R410. This server, like many Dell servers, comes with
Linux introduction books
Still trying to find time and ideas to post more on this blog, I thought to share some books about Linux and Open Source or related to this subject that I have read
Configuring a Samba File sharing server with AD auth
Configuring a Samba server to use AD (LDAP) authentication can be a little tricky, especially because of the the little PAM tricks you need to do. I have searched a lot for info
First Post!
Hello all! Just a post to test things out and maybe motivate myself to write something in this blog :)