- Published:
- January 31, 2007 – 4:04 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
My preferred server platform is linux. I have not yet been able to move to a linux-based system for my daily work, and trust me I’ve tried a number of times to move to a Fedora or Ubuntu desktop. Windows is still best for productivity and day-to-day tasks, as well as compatibility with other office [...]
Categories: Security, System Administration, Windows
Tagged: automated backup solution, backup software, caching, Comcast, download software, ISP, Linux, linux system, Philadelphia, software package, USD, Verizon
- Published:
- January 31, 2007 – 2:37 am
- Author:
- By Dave
Looking for some small 16 by 16 icons for your website or other application? So was I. Here is what I’ve found:
bulletmadness – large general use list, some brand specific
urlgreyhot – (cool star trek reference) – a few mini and brand specific
famfamfam – the motherload of small icons
sweetie – pretty large icon set
favicon.fr – its [...]
Categories: Site Updates, Webdesign
- Published:
- January 26, 2007 – 4:24 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
There appears to be an exploit in the wild which is automating the Cacti Command execution and SQL Injection Vulnerability [see Secunia alert 23528]. Via this exploit, any server running an older version of Cacti from before December 28th.
Of course it’s always best to keep your software up to date. Other tricks to keep your [...]
Categories: Security, System Administration
Tagged: apache, Cacti Command, PHP, search engine, search engine search
- Published:
- January 22, 2007 – 1:44 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
Check out Clicky web stats. After you register, you add a piece of code to the bottom of your page and start collecting your stats. It’s really easy to set up, and the stats you get in return are awesome. You can see your stats by visitor, search term, page, etc. It is very clearly [...]
Categories: Programs, Site Updates
Tagged: Google, search term, web stats
- Published:
- January 22, 2007 – 1:04 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
This seems like a pretty rare bug but annoying anyway. On my system I found that when logrotate would run, some log files such as /var/log/maillog did not rotate properly.
Typically, logrotate works like
Write to <tag>maillog</tag>
Daily, move maillog to maillog.1
Daily, move maillog.1 to maillog.2
etc…
However it was going
Write to maillog,
Daily, move maillog to maillog.1, keep writing [...]
Categories: Linux, Shell, System Administration
