Grub Error code explained
From unixbhaskar.blogspot.com I have had come across lot of article on the web written by some brilliant guys regarding the GRUB, a smart(better then LILO) bootloader.Being an administrator I have…
Reconstructor – Create your own Debuntu version
Reconstructor is a toolkit for creating custom versions of the GNU/Linux operating system, specifically Debian and Ubuntu. To get started, login. If you don't have an account Sign Up -…
How to create a CentOS 5.4 Amazon AMI with java and tomcat
From kampx.com
After some experimenting with Google App Engine, there is one thing that bothers me the most; I cannot run any background programs.
So, I thought it was time to check out the competition at Amazon ec2. I like centos and I wanted to create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) which runs on 5.4, contains a servlet engine (Apache Tomcat) and is able to receive http requests on port 80. There are a lot of resources available (here, here, here, here, here, here,here and here) but none of them did exactly what I want.
The script I wrote (below) does the following things:
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What to do after your server is “pwned”
If you reading this you must have a good reason to suspect your server has been compromised in some way. If that is the case, your first objective is to…
fix broken apt-get packages
From blog.bodhizazen.net I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 8.04.3 to Ubuntu 10.04 and things went well, except a few broken packages. Apt-get / synaptic was very broken due to the flashplugin-nonfree.…
DNSSEC May Cause Problems On May 5
From itnews.com.au Network managers are being urged to run a series of checks on their routers and firewalls to ensure their users will still be able to connect to internet…
a couple more helpful one liners
Get your external IP address curl ifconfig.me ----- curl ifconfig.me/ip -> IP Adress curl ifconfig.me/host -> Remote Host curl ifconfig.me/ua ->User Agent curl ifconfig.me/port -> Port intercept stdout/stderr of another…