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My first MOTD

Check it out, my first MOTD: MOTD Entry for Tue Oct 26 16:19:59 PDT 2004 Tue Oct 26 16:19:59 PDT 2004 — Apache patched. Apache on our new web cluster is now patched to guard against a recently-released exploit. No … Continue reading

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Hacking the Starbucks Barista Digital Italia Espresso Machine

The Starbucks Barista Digital Italia Espresso Machine is a marvel of coffee technology … when it works. Unfortunately all this technology is easily thwarted when a small plastic tab on the inside of the door breaks. The system then thinks … Continue reading

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Using autofs to mount your install CDs

Prompted by Kyle’s presentation at NBLUG on autofs; I decided to try my hand at it. I figured the perfect task for autofs would be to automatically mount my install CDs when I needed them. For instance, when I want … Continue reading

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Fixing the “Bad Signature” RPM error in Mandrake

I installed my newly downloaded and burned Mandrake 10.0 CDs at work today, and I wanted to update my software to get all the security updates and bug fixes. However when I tried to install the updated software I received … Continue reading

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Storing your install CDs as ISOs on your hard drive.

I was tired of burning copies of Linux distribution CDs only to throw them away when the next revision came around. With copies for home, and copies for work it gets to be pretty wasteful. So I decided to take … Continue reading

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urpmi

A brief how-to for using the urpmi utility to update your linux servers/workstations much more easily. Continue reading

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mod_ssl and being your own Certificate Authority

mod_ssl and being your own Certificate Authority. Continue reading

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