Archive for the 'UNIX' Category
- What To Do: Users Still Wants Telnet
TELNET (TELecommunication NETwork) is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area network (LAN) connections. It was developed in late 60s with RFC 15. Telnet is pretty old for login into remote system and it has serious security problem. Most admins will recommend using Open SSH (secure shell) for all remote activities. But you may find users who are still demanding telnet over ssh as they are comfortable with Telnet. Some users got scripts written in 90s and they don’t want to change it. So what do you do when users demands telnet?
- Gnome Desktop Tip: Quickly Open Any File / URL / Write Email
There are three ways to open any file under Gnome Linux / UNIX Desktop. gnome-open is the quickest and easiest way to open any file or url.
- How To Configuring Urchin 6 Tracking To Analyze Website Logs
This is 3rd and the final installment for Urchin 6 web analytics software series. Once Urchin is installed, you need to configure tracking on your website. You need to install Urchin sensors - a small piece of javascript tracking code on each of your website’s pages.
- Lighttpd Protect Different Directories With Different Password Files
There is a way to protect different directories with different username/password under Lighttpd server using conditionals directives.
- How To Install Puppet System Management Tool To Automate Tasks Across The Network
Puppet is an open source configuration management tool. It is written in Ruby. This software is considered as an alternative to Cfengine configuration management system. I’ve used Cfengine for pushing configurations, applying patches and so on.
- Download of the day: Vim Text Editor 7.2
VIM text editor version 7.2 has been released and available for download. There are many bug fixes and updated runtime files. The only new feature worth mentioning is support for floating point.
- Should You Buy An Extended Warranty For Computer?
Most computer manufacturer try to sell you extended warranty or a service contract. These warranty covers two years past the manufacturer’s one year warranty. Most sales employees or OEM (manufacturers) make so much commission from selling extended warranties. This is nothing but rip-offs, IMHO.
- Midori OS: Microsoft Sees End of Windows Era
Midori operating system is the code name for a microkernel-based operating system written as managed code, being developed at Microsoft, mooted as a possible successor to Microsoft Windows by many.
Midori will use the Internet to operate and data will be stored on central Microsoft server. It will remove the role of a single PC.
- Free Software Usability Issues and Solutions
Many of these problems are not specific to Free Software in particular, but to volunteer software. Hobbyist proprietary programs often have poor designs for many of the same reasons. But the easiest way of getting volunteers to contribute to a program is to make it open source.
- 10 Ultimate Rules for Effective System Administration
The following 10 items are guidelines more than rules, that I have learned over the years doing intensive work on the IT infrastructure. These guidelines are mostly common sense and can be helpful for anybody who administers an IT system, including Linux/Windows Administrator, Network Administrator and DBA.
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