A common problem with Linux systems is when Windows users press CTRL-ALT-DEL at the login prompt and reboot the machine. To fix this some people change the ^ca line in[...]
Today I was doing some network tracing and figured out how to track the start and end of TCP connections. The following tcpdump command will get all SYN, FIN, and[...]
Bonding is one of the terms used to describe multiple Ethernet cables used to form a single virtual network link. This can be done for performance or reliability. Bonding for[...]
At http://www.infodrom.org/Infodrom/fortunes/download/infodrom-linux there are a heap of quotes from Debian people, and more than a few from me. It’s strange reading my own writing in someone else’s quote file. Some[...]
For fun I just set up my own Planet. Reading both Planet Debian and Planet Linux Australia is a bit of a drag due to the overlap. So I wrote[...]
I recently watched the movie Super Size Me. Due to working some strange hours I’ve been eating more fast-food than usual recently and had experienced some of the symptoms that[...]
I had a few comments on my last so I decided to write a new post about it. Firstly in regard to Elspeth’s comment. I agree that children should wear[...]
At the start of the year I suffered a minor injury to my left eye. This brought my vision down to slightly below average for my age. A doctor and[...]
TerrorBullGames has just released the board game War On Terror. The first I heard of this was a short article in a local news paper about how much the game[...]
Recently I’ve been unfortunate enough to be the sys-admin of some systems running CA software, the specific horror in this case is Siteminder. The latest excitement was when an important[...]