SELinux audit reports script
Those who use a SELinux enabled distribution – more specifically those who have set the SELinux security layer to enforcing mode – will most probably know about the auditd daemon (part of the audit...
View ArticleError when using old run/bin installers under Linux
I guess that every single *nix user, at least once, has run across files with the *.run or *.bin extensions. These scripts are usually software installers and are widely used to distribute, but not...
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rtorstat – a simple rTorrent status web page generator
rtorstat is a simple web page generator, written in Python, which shows status information about the rTorrent bittorrent client. This makes it possible to quickly have an overview of your torrent list...
View ArticleMailing List Manager
If you are looking for a lean, mean mailing list manager (MLM), look no further. The software you are looking for is called: the Minimalist. Despite the fact that the Minimalist is just a Perl script...
View ArticleUse wget or curl to download from RapidShare Premium
The last days I needed to download a bunch of medical videos which have been uploaded to RapidShare by many other people. Although RapidShare (and all the other 1-click file-hosting services) is very...
View ArticleDictionary Lookups Anywhere
I consider ditionaries, either in printed or electronic form, as one of the most useful sources of valuable information and an indispensable companion when reading. Lately, I’ve been reading lots of...
View ArticleUpgraded to WordPress 2.3.1
I finally made the decision to upgrade WordPress to the latest 2.3.1 version. I skipped the initial v2.3 release as I had read that there was a lengthy list of bugs about that release, which eventually...
View ArticleSend to Desktop – Create Symlink
Having set up automatic incremental backups for my home directory, I need to follow some simple rules in order not to poison the backups with temporary files (sometimes huge ones) I usually place on my...
View ArticleUsing a switch to prevent system shutdown/reboot/suspend
What I tried to accomplish today was to prevent a system shutdown or reboot or suspend, if a specific process was still running in the background. This might sound pretty useless, but having shut my PC...
View ArticleScript for Apache Error Report
The last incident with the php-cgi errors as a result of a bad PHP script made me re-evaluate the daily reports I receive from the server. I realized that a report about the httpd errors that have...
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