Posts
2020
2019
- Bring Back Fedora's Beefy Miracle boot splash Dec 16
- Thinkpad T490 Fedora install tips Dec 12
- Monitoring OpenShift cron jobs Nov 18
- Monitor CyberPower UPS wattage Nov 8
- Install Chromium with VAAPI on Fedora 30 Oct 20
- Customize GNOME from i3 Sep 22
- Deploy monit in OpenShift Sep 11
- Get faster GitLab runners with a ramdisk Aug 16
- buildah error: vfs driver does not support overlay.mountopt options Aug 13
- Fedora 30 on Google Compute Engine Aug 7
- Texas Linux Fest 2019 Recap Jun 2
- Build containers in GitLab CI with buildah May 24
- Inspecting OpenShift cgroups from inside the pod Apr 5
- Running Ansible in OpenShift with arbitrary UIDs Mar 22
- Get a /56 from Spectrum using wide-dhcpv6 Mar 19
- Pixel 3 Wi-Fi drops constantly Mar 17
- Stop audio pops on Intel HD Audio Mar 4
- Automatic floating windows in i3 Feb 8
- DevConf.CZ 2019 Recap Jan 31
- Using the pressure stall information interface in kernel 4.20 Jan 27
- Running Home Assistant in a Docker container with a Z-Wave USB stick Jan 14
- Allow a port range with firewalld Jan 4
2018
- Disable autoplay for videos in Firefox 65 Dec 18
- Getting started with ham radio repeaters Dec 13
- Use a secret as an environment variable in OpenShift deployments Dec 6
- Make alt-arrow keys work with terminator and weechat Sep 6
- How to thrive at a technical conference May 9
- Reaching the fork in the road Mar 7
- Install testing kernels in Fedora Feb 28
- Takeaways from my foray into amateur radio Jan 6
2017
- Ensuring keepalived starts after the network is ready Dec 15
- Changes in RHEL 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 1, Release 3 Nov 2
- Import RPM repository GPG keys from other keyservers temporarily Sep 20
- Thunderbird changes fonts in some messages, not all Aug 2
- Troubleshooting CyberPower PowerPanel issues in Linux Jul 25
- Apply the STIG to even more operating systems with ansible-hardening Jul 21
- Customize LDAP autocompletion format in Thunderbird Jul 18
- Old role, new name: ansible-hardening Jun 27
- Enable AppArmor on a Debian Jessie cloud image May 24
- Fixing OpenStack noVNC consoles that ignore keyboard input May 18
- OpenStack Summit Boston 2017 Recap May 12
- OpenStack-Ansible networking on CentOS 7 with systemd-networkd Apr 13
- RHEL 7 STIG v1 updates for openstack-ansible-security Apr 5
- Takeaways from Bruce Schneierâs talk: âSecurity and Privacy in a Hyper-connected Worldâ Mar 22
- Five reasons why Iâm excited about POWER9 Mar 21
- IBM Interconnect 2017 first day keynote recap Mar 20
- Reflecting on 10 years of (mostly) technical blogging Mar 10
- OpenStack isnât dead. Itâs boring. Thatâs a good thing. Feb 24
- What Iâm looking forward to at IBM Interconnect 2017 Feb 23
- systemd-networkd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) Jan 15
- ICC color profile for Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 4th generation Jan 11
- Display auditd messages with journalctl Jan 5
- augenrules fails with ârule existsâ when loading rules into auditd Jan 3
2016
- OpenPOWER Summit Europe 2016 Recap Nov 4
- Talk Recap: Holistic Security for OpenStack Clouds Oct 31
- Why should students learn to write code? Oct 11
- Whatâs Happening in OpenStack-Ansible (WHOA) â September 2016 Sep 30
- Power 8 to the people Sep 22
- IBM Edge 2016: Day 2 Recap Sep 21
- IBM Edge 2016: Day 1 Recap Sep 20
- Getting ready for IBM Edge 2016 Sep 14
- HTTP/2 for the blog and icanhazip.com Sep 13
- Whatâs Happening in OpenStack-Ansible (WHOA) â August 2016 Aug 23
- Preventing critical services from deploying on the same OpenStack host Aug 9
- OpenStack instances come online with multiple network ports attached Aug 3
- Setting up a telnet handler for OpenStack Zuul CI jobs in GNOME 3 Jul 22
- Whatâs Happening in OpenStack-Ansible (WHOA) â July 2016 Jul 22
- Join me on Thursday to talk about OpenStack LBaaS and security hardening Jul 19
- Bring back two and three finger taps in Fedora 24 Jul 6
- Talk recap: The friendship of OpenStack and Ansible Jun 29
- My list of must-see sessions at Red Hat Summit 2016 Jun 26
- New SELinux shirts are available Jun 16
- Whatâs Happening in OpenStack-Ansible (WHOA) â June 2016 Jun 15
- Automated security hardening with Ansible: May updates May 27
- Test Fedora 24 Beta in an OpenStack cloud May 25
- Troubleshooting OpenStack network connectivity May 17
- Getting started with gertty May 11
- Preventing Ubuntu 16.04 from starting daemons when a package is installed May 5
- 802.1x with NetworkManager using nmcli May 3
- Talk Recap: Automated security hardening with OpenStack-Ansible Apr 26
- Lessons learned: Five years of colocation Apr 22
- OpenStack Summit in Austin is almost here! Apr 21
- Thunderbird opens multiple windows Apr 20
- Enable IPv6 privacy in NetworkManager Apr 17
- Automated Letâs Encrypt DNS challenges with Rackspace Cloud DNS Mar 31
- Mouse cursor disappears in GNOME 3 Mar 11
- Recovering deleted Chrome bookmarks on Linux Feb 26
- Fight cynicism with curiosity Feb 17
- Segmentation faults with sphinx and pyenv Feb 9
- Enabling kwallet after accidentally disabling it Jan 28
- Tinkering with systemdâs predictable network names Jan 20
- Updating Dell PowerEdge BIOS from Linux Jan 18
- Nobody is using your software project. Now what? Jan 15
2015
- supernova 2.2.0 is available Dec 4
- Custom keyboard shortcuts for Evolution in GNOME Nov 28
- Talking to college students about information security Nov 10
- systemd-networkd and macvlan interfaces Oct 26
- GRE tunnels with systemd-networkd Oct 16
- What I learned while securing Ubuntu Oct 14
- Customizing systemdâs network device names Sep 29
- First thoughts: Linux on the Supermicro 5028D-TN4T Sep 28
- systemd in Fedora 22: Failed to restart service: Access Denied Sep 18
- Time Warner Road Runner, Linux, and large IPv6 subnets Sep 11
- supernova is coming to Fedora repositories Sep 11
- Chronicles of SELinux: Dealing with web content in unusual directories Sep 10
- Impostor syndrome talk: FAQs and follow-ups Sep 2
- Build a high performance KVM hypervisor on Rackspaceâs OnMetal servers Aug 28
- Fedora 23 Alpha in boot.rackspace.com Aug 27
- Build a network router and firewall with Fedora 22 and systemd-networkd Aug 27
- Slides from my Texas Linux Fest 2015 talk Aug 22
- Understanding systemdâs predictable network device names Aug 21
- Using systemd-networkd with bonding on Rackspaceâs OnMetal servers Aug 21
- Research Paper: Securing Linux Containers Aug 14
- Fedora Flock 2015: Keynote slides Aug 14
- Review: JayBird BlueBuds X Sport Bluetooth Headphones Aug 7
- Less than a week until Fedora Flock 2015 Aug 6
- Automated testing for Ansible CIS playbook on RHEL/CentOS 6 Aug 5
- Live migration failures with KVM and libvirt Aug 3
- Very slow ssh logins on Fedora 22 Jul 27
- Restoring wireless and Bluetooth state after reboot in Fedora 22 Jul 19
- Making things more super with supernova 2.0 Jul 18
- Aruba access points, EAP, and wpa_supplicant 2.4 bugs Jul 17
- Allow new windows to steal focus in GNOME 3 Jul 6
- Stumbling into the world of 4K displays [UPDATED] Jul 1
- Fedora 22 and rotating GNOME wallpaper with systemd timers Jun 23
- Book Review: Linux Kernel Development Jun 21
- Improving LXC template security Jun 18
- Time for a new GPG key Jun 11
- Chrome 43 stuck in HiDPI mode Jun 10
- cups.service start operation timed out in Fedora 22 Jun 9
- PulseAudio popping with multiple sounds in Fedora 22 Jun 8
- Upatre and icanhazip Jun 5
- Adventures with GRE and IPSec on Mikrotik routers May 27
- Xen 4.5 crashes during boot on Fedora 22 May 27
- You have a problem and icanhazip.com isnât one of them May 20
- Keep old kernels with yum and dnf May 18
- Automatic package updates with dnf May 12
- Tweetdeckâs Chrome notifications stopped working May 8
- HOWTO: Mikrotik OpenVPN server May 1
- Rackspace::Solve Atlanta Session Recap: âThe New Normalâ Apr 15
- Woot! Eight years of my blog Apr 14
- Run virsh and access libvirt as a regular user Apr 11
- Review: Lenovo X1 Carbon 3rd generation and Linux Mar 30
- Share a wireless connection via ethernet in GNOME 3.14 Mar 30
- Creating a bridge for virtual machines using systemd-networkd Mar 26
- Test Fedora 22 at Rackspace with Ansible Mar 24
- Xerox ColorQube 9302 and Linux Mar 16
- Using play/pause buttons in Chrome with GNOME 3 Feb 20
- Rotate GNOME 3âs wallpaper with systemd user units and timers Feb 11
- Lessons learned from a kernel bisection Feb 9
- Using ZoneMinder with a Logitech C270 webcam Feb 8
- Linux support for the Dell XPS 13 9343 (2015 model) Feb 3
- Helpful, low-FUD information security sites, mailing lists, and blogs Jan 8
2014
- Two months with Google Play Music All Access Dec 29
- Eight years at Rackspace Dec 18
- Try out LXC with an Ansible playbook Dec 17
- Install sysstat on Fedora 21 Dec 12
- Send weechat notifications via Pushover Dec 5
- Trust an IP address with firewalldâs rich rules Nov 24
- A response to Infoworldâs confusing article about Fedora Nov 19
- Test Fedora 21 at Rackspace with Ansible Oct 3
- Xenâs XSA-108 patch and Fedora Oct 2
- Apacheâs mod_proxy, mod_ssl, and BitTorrent Sync Sep 28
- HOWTO: Time Warner Cable and IPv6 Sep 11
- Asus Maximus VI Gene â Error 55 Aug 22
- Audit RHEL/CentOS 6 security benchmarks with ansible Aug 19
- Start Jenkins on Fedora 20 Aug 13
- httpry 0.1.8 available for RHEL and CentOS 7 Aug 13
- Quickly post gists to GitHub Enterprise and github.com Aug 8
- icanhazip.com blocked by Websense Aug 7
- Unexpected predictable network naming with systemd Aug 6
- Play/pause button stopped working in OS X Mavericks Jul 30
- Adventures in live booting Linux distributions Jul 29
- X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0 Jul 24
- Etsy reminds us that information security is an active process Jul 22
- icanhazip and CORS Jul 21
- AVC: denied dyntransition from sshd Jul 3
- Install Debian packages without starting daemons Jun 26
- Get colorful ansible output in Jenkins Jun 25
- Performance benchmarks: KVM vs. Xen Jun 22
- Getting Dellâs racadm working in Fedora 20 Jun 20
- Fixing broken DNS lookups in spamassassin Jun 20
- Configure remote syslog for XenServer via the command line Jun 3
- Enjoy supernova 1.0.0 May 27
- Evade the Breach May 24
- Switching to systemd on Debian jessie May 20
- Text missing in chrome on Linux May 18
- Thanks to TrueAbility for featuring me on their blog! May 14
- CoreOS vs. Project Atomic: A Review May 14
- Testing grouped environment support for supernova May 5
- Small update for supernova 0.9.6 May 1
- Helpful Linux I/O stack diagram Apr 30
- supernova 0.9.5 is available Apr 29
- Configure static IP addresses for Project Atomicâs KVM image Apr 23
- Launch secure LXC containers on Fedora 20 using SELinux and sVirt Apr 22
- DevOps and enterprise inertia Apr 17
- Upgrade OpenSSL, then upgrade WordPress Apr 10
- openssl heartbleed updates for Fedora 19 and 20 Apr 8
- Detect proxies with icanhazproxy Apr 3
- Xen hackathon coming up in London Mar 27
- Docker, trusted builds, and Fedora 20 Mar 26
- Show originating IP address in Apple Mail Mar 18
- Annoying security requests highlight company silos Mar 10
- virt-manager: âNoneTypeâ object has no attribute âcpusâ Mar 6
- Installing Xen on Fedora 20 Feb 28
- icanhaz more domains: icanhazepoch.com Feb 22
- MySQLTuner v1.3.0 Feb 22
- Puppy Linux, icanhazip, and tin foil hats Feb 10
- Be an inspiration, not an impostor Feb 5
- Hierarchy of DevOps Needs from DevOps Weekly Feb 3
- supernova 0.9.0 is now available Jan 13
- CentOS and Red Hat join forces Jan 8
- nf_conntrack: table full, dropping packet Jan 7
2013
- Learn octal file permissions easily with stat Dec 10
- Information security nuggets from DevOps Weekly #150 Nov 17
- One year in information security Nov 13
- Speed up your Fedora PXE installations by hosting the stage2 installer locally Nov 3
- Guide to securing apache Oct 22
- Iâm on the hunt for experienced security analysts! Oct 15
- Thanks to ISACAâs San Antonio chapter! Sep 25
- One month using a Linux laptop at work: Back to the Mac Sep 23
- Keeping bwm-ng 0.6 functional on Fedora 19 Sep 20
- This is why we canât have nice things: malware callbacks to icanhazip.com Sep 17
- Need an edge at work? Learn accounting and finance. Sep 17
- Moving from OS X to Linux: Day One Aug 27
- Get a rock-solid Linux touchpad configuration for the Lenovo X1 Carbon Aug 24
- drbd 8.4.3 package on the way for Fedora 19 Aug 2
- PXE boot Fedora 19 using a Mikrotik firewall Jul 23
- Come and get your SELinux shirts! Jul 18
- A humble farewell to Seth Vidal Jul 10
- Boot VMâs with virt-manager and libvirt with ISOâs stored remotely via samba/cifs Jul 7
- Confine untrusted users (including your children) with SELinux Jul 5
- My interview on the Dave and Gunnar Show Jun 19
- Red Hat Summit 2013 Recap Jun 15
- Supermicro X9SCI/X9SCA server does a shutdown rather than a reboot Jun 3
- Installing the Xen hypervisor on Fedora 19 Jun 3
- Presentation: Demystifying SELinux May 29
- Migrate KVM virtual machines from CentOS 6 to Fedora 18 without the luxury of shared storage May 22
- Handling terminal color escape sequences in less May 22
- Changing your ssh serverâs port from the default: Is it worth it? May 15
- Automate CentOS 6 deployments with CIS Security Benchmarks already applied Apr 26
- Limit access to the su command Apr 26
- Reprint: Stop Disabling SELinux! Apr 19
- Seriously, stop disabling SELinux Apr 16
- Remove sensitive information from email headers with postfix Apr 15
- drbd 8.4.2 for Fedora 17 Mar 31
- virt-manager wonât release the mouse when using ssh forwarding from OS X Mar 20
- Late night virtualization frustration with kvm Mar 20
- Survive the Google Reader exodus with Tiny Tiny RSS Mar 17
- New icanhaz features: reverse DNS and traceroutes Mar 17
- drbd 8.4.2 for Fedora 18 Mar 15
- Thoughts on RSA Conference 2013 Mar 11
- Controlling sensitive company data means losing some control of it Mar 3
- More upgrades for icanhazip.com Feb 23
- Six years of rackerhacker.com Feb 22
- Block Flash and Java in your browser today Feb 22
- Quick access to OpenPGP tasks with GPGTools in OS X Feb 8
- What my toddler taught me about information security Jan 13
- Fixing the Lenovo X1 Carbonâs washed out display Jan 8
2012
- Handy settings for the touchpad/clickpad in the Lenovo X1 Carbon Dec 28
- Launch applications quickly with dmenu in XFCE Dec 27
- Reaching a new milestone and making some big changes Nov 26
- Relocating a python virtual environment Nov 25
- Fixing finicky Bluetooth on the Samsung Galaxy S III Nov 20
- Log Android events remotely to a syslog server Nov 4
- Using git clean to remove subdirectories containing git repositories Oct 24
- Lenovo ThinkPad T430s review Oct 21
- Proud to be a part of OpenStack at Rackspace Oct 18
- Going back to Linux as a desktop Oct 12
- Automatic package updates in CentOS 6 Sep 21
- One week with Android Sep 7
- See you at LinuxCon North America 2012! Aug 15
- Monitoring and protecting your reputation online Aug 6
- Privacy and icanhazip.com Aug 5
- Building vpnc with openssl support via MacPorts on Mac OS X Aug 1
- DNS Service Review: Luadns Jul 22
- Connecting to OpenStack Swift with Cyberduck using swauth Jul 18
- Boot the Xen hypervisor by default in Fedora 17 with GRUB 2 Jul 16
- Mounting an LVM snapshot containing partitions Jul 15
- X forwarding over ssh woes: DISPLAY is not set Jul 14
- SELinux, Xen, and block devices in Fedora 17 Jul 10
- Red Hat Summit 2012: Thursday Jun 29
- Red Hat Summit 2012: Wednesday Jun 28
- First day of the Red Hat Summit Jun 27
- Off to the 2012 Red Hat Summit Jun 26
- Great guide for using traceroute and understanding its results Jun 13
- What installing a ceiling fan can teach you about administering servers Jun 11
- Keep tabs on OpenStack development with OpenStack Watch on Twitter Jun 8
- supernova: Manage multiple OpenStack nova environments with ease Jun 5
- Fedora 17 XVA ready to import into XenServer Jun 4
- Lessons learned in the ambulance pay dividends in the datacenter May 31
- Fedora 17 released, XenServer kickstarts updated May 30
- Fedora 17 is a go! May 25
- Lesser-known but extremely handy Linux tools May 11
- Performance and redundancy boost for icanhazip.com Apr 18
- Getting a Technical Job at Rackspace Apr 9
- Why technical people should blog (but donât) Mar 30
- mysql-json-bridge: a simple JSON API for MySQL Mar 29
- Compare commits between two git branches Mar 15
- New Fedora and EPEL package: httpry Mar 14
- Installing XenServer 6.0.2 on an AOpen MP57 Mar 12
- The StartupBus stops at Rackspace Mar 11
- Handy hints for using dtrace on the Mac Mar 10
- Preparing for Red Hat Exams Feb 28
- Five years of rackerhacker.com Feb 14
- Looking back at the long road to becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect Feb 13
- Installing Fedora 16 in XenServer Feb 12
- Using OpenSSLâs s_client command with web servers using Server Name Indication (SNI) Feb 7
- The Kerberos-haterâs guide to installing Kerberos Feb 5
- Get notifications instead of automatic updates in Scientific Linux Feb 4
- Kerberos for haters Feb 3
- OpenStack bleeding-edge Python packages are now available Feb 1
- Create a local PyPi repository using only mod_rewrite Feb 1
- Getting started with SELinux Jan 26
- XenServer 6: Storage repository on software RAID Jan 16
- XenServer 6: Disable GPT and get a larger root partition Jan 13
- Fight SOPA & PIPA Jan 12
- Native IPv6 connectivity in Mikrotikâs RouterOS Jan 11
- SELinux and .forward files Jan 2
2011
- Getting online with a CradlePoint PHS-300 and an AT&T USBConnect Mercury Dec 16
- Automatically upgrading to new point releases of Scientific Linux Nov 23
- DisplayLink USB to DVI issues in OS X Lion Nov 17
- Live upgrade Fedora 15 to Fedora 16 using yum Nov 15
- Tracing a build through OpenStack Compute (Nova) Nov 7
- Installing irssi via MacPorts on OS X Lion 10.7.1 Sep 30
- Getting back to using eth0 in Fedora 15 Sep 25
- Receive e-mail reports for SELinux AVC denials Sep 16
- Getting apache, PHP, and memcached working with SELinux Sep 8
- You might see me on CNN Money soon Sep 2
- How to write e-mails to nerds (that they will actually read) Aug 26
- Contest winners from the âInspire a sysadminâ contest Aug 22
- Inspire a sysadmin, get a ThinkGeek gift certificate Aug 17
- Highlight IP addresses with a double click in Firefox Aug 16
- Xen Summit 2011: My Takeways Aug 8
- Xen 4.1 on Fedora 15 with Linux 3.0 Aug 6
- Success with stress Jul 22
- Keep all old kernels when upgrading via yum Jun 16
- Measure traffic flows with Mikrotikâs RouterOS and ntop on Fedora 15 Jun 5
- Handy networking cheat sheets from Packet Life May 25
- Do your homework before a technical interview May 3
- MySQLTuner mentioned at the OâReilly MySQL Conference Apr 16
- Lifehacker effect on icanhazip.com Mar 30
- How to survive as a technical manager Mar 29
- Strategies for detecting a compromised Linux server Mar 10
- Dual-primary DRBD with OCFS2 Feb 14
- FUDCon 2011: Day One Jan 30
- Gearing up for FUDCon 2011 Jan 29
- Single boot Linux on an Intel Mac Mini Jan 26
- icanhazip.com now supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses Jan 15
- Sending binary e-mail attachments from the command line with mutt Jan 11
- Strategies for storing backups Jan 10
- One RHCA exam down, five to go Jan 7
- Using GNU sort to sort a list by IP address Jan 6
2010
- Mounting a raw partition file made with dd or dd_rescue in Linux Dec 15
- Locate RPM packages which contain a certain file Dec 9
- Tap into your Linux system with SystemTap Dec 8
- Keep web servers in sync with DRBD and OCFS2 Dec 3
- Happy Thanksgiving Nov 25
- Monitor MySQL restore progress with pv Nov 24
- Throwing thoughtful â403 Forbiddenâ responses with apache Nov 17
- Accessing Rackspace Cloud Servers and Slicehost slices privately via OpenVPN Nov 16
- 400th post: Looking back at where this blog started Nov 14
- Raising money for prostate cancer research and survivor support Nov 13
- Switching from GlusterFS to DRBD and OCFS2 Nov 10
- Upgrading Fedora 13 to Fedora 14 on Slicehost and Rackspace Cloud Servers Nov 3
- Do professional certifications belong in your e-mail signature? Oct 16
- Securing your ssh server Oct 12
- Installing Xen 4 on Fedora 13 Sep 10
- A nerdâs perspective on cloud hosting Aug 25
- Very unscientific GlusterFS benchmarks Aug 13
- One month with GlusterFS in production Aug 11
- Adding comments to iptables rules Jul 26
- Version 2.0 has arrived Jul 14
- A modern implementation and explanation of Linux Virtual Server (LVS) Jun 27
- Reincarnation of Twitterâs realtime XMPP search term tracking with ruby Jun 17
- Parsing mdadm output with paste Jun 14
- GlusterFS on the cheap with Rackspaceâs Cloud Servers or Slicehost May 28
- How to sell: a guide for technical people May 27
- Idiotâs guide to OAuth logins for Twitter May 20
- Legacy tty1 and block device support for Xen guests with pvops kernels May 14
- Taking a posting break May 5
- Xen Summit: Day One Highlights Apr 29
- Best practices: iptables Apr 12
- Adjusting ttyâs in Fedora 13 with upstart Mar 26
- Why Iâm a Racker Mar 26
- Testing network throughput with iperf Mar 20
- SIGTERM vs. SIGKILL Mar 18
- Rackspace Cloud Tech Podcast Episode 2 Mar 9
- Sticky shift key with synergy in Fedora 12 Mar 4
- Private network interfaces: the forgotten security hole Mar 2
- System Administration Inspiration: If itâs broken, break it a little more Feb 28
- MySQL: The total number of locks exceeds the lock table size Feb 16
- WordPress + W3 Total Cache + MaxCDN How-To Feb 14
- MySQL: The total number of locks exceeds the lock table size Jan 29
- Switching between audible and visual bells in screen Jan 21
- Crash course in dsh Jan 20
- Change the escape keystrokes in screen Jan 7
- A New Year System Administrator Inspiration Jan 4
2009
- WordPress and PHP 5.3.x: update_comment_type_cache() expected to be a reference Dec 21
- Upgraded to WordPress 2.9 Dec 21
- Parse kernel.org changelogs with wget and grep Dec 15
- Upgrading Fedora 11 to 12 using yum Dec 8
- Disable acceleration for Appleâs Magic Mouse Dec 3
- Automatically loading iptables rules on Debian/Ubuntu Nov 17
- Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.6 with some theme changes Nov 17
- Changing the time zone in irssi Nov 3
- Please help! Found a lost dog â New Braunfels, TX Oct 15
- Twitter direct message notifications with Prowl Sep 19
- Fix MacFusion on Snow Leopard Aug 28
- Fedora 11 httpd: alloc_listener: failed to get a socket for (null) Aug 14
- Installing the mysql gem in Fedora 11 64-bit Aug 7
- Graphical representation of Ciscoâs BGP issues this morning Aug 4
- Get the public-facing IP for any server with icanhazip.com Jul 31
- Requiring SSL encryption for WordPress administration Jul 31
- Upgraded WordPress to 2.8.2 Jul 29
- Rotating rails logs when using Phusion Passenger Jun 26
- Deleting all e-mail messages in your inbox with mutt Jun 19
- Two great signals: SIGSTOP and SIGCONT Jun 15
- Ugly upgrade path from WordPress 2.7.1 to 2.8 Jun 13
- Upgrading from Fedora 10 (Cambridge) to Fedora 11 (Leonidas) Jun 11
- Simple SOCKS proxy using SSH May 26
- Comparing MySQL result sets quickly May 5
- Re-scan the SCSI bus in Linux after hot-swapping a drive Apr 23
- Piping log files to a syslog server Apr 21
- PHPMyAdmin 3.x hides the table indexes Apr 4
- Enabling VNC as a pseudo-KVM with VMWare Server Mar 25
- Compare the RPM packages installed on two different servers Mar 10
- Prevent gnome-keyring from asking for a password when NetworkManager starts Feb 27
- A new customer service blog: dontbeafraidofcustomers.com Feb 25
- Boxcheck v2.0 is on the way Feb 24
- Upgrade Debian etch to lenny Feb 18
- New Linux security advisory Twitter bots Feb 5
- Linux: emergency reboot or shutdown with magic commands Jan 30
- Linux: Adjust storage kernel module load order Jan 26
- Writing a Ruby on Rails application without using a database Jan 9
- CPAN: Automatically install dependencies without confirmation Jan 2
2008
- Upgraded to WordPress 2.7 Dec 26
- Reducing inode and dentry caches to keep OOM killer at bay Dec 4
- Simple server monitoring with xinetd Dec 3
- MySQLTuner 1.0.0 is now available Dec 2
- Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.5 Dec 2
- Importing Excel files into MySQL with PHP Nov 7
- Plesk: Upgrade to 8.4 causes âno such userâ error in maillog Nov 6
- Viewing documentation for your ruby gems Nov 6
- What is âsteal timeâ in my sysstat output? Nov 4
- Syncing an iPhone with a new Mac without hassles Nov 2
- Installing Microsoftâs TrueType fonts on Linux servers Oct 24
- ext3_dx_add_entry: Directory index full! Oct 13
- Working hard on PleskHacker Sep 25
- Apache 2.2: internal dummy connection Sep 24
- New look Sep 20
- Compress your web content for better performance Sep 19
- Thanks for making RackerHacker so popular! Sep 15
- Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.2 Sep 10
- SquirrelMail: 127 Canât execute command Sep 8
- MySQLTuner 0.9.9 is now available Sep 8
- Listing of VMWare configuration parameters Sep 5
- CentOS/RHEL x86_64 + VMWare: Use of uninitialized value in string Sep 3
- Encrypted filesystems and partitions on RHEL 5 Sep 2
- Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1 Aug 31
- Basic procmail configuration with spamassassin filtering Aug 13
- Congratulations to RAX Aug 12
- Enabling Ruby on Rails support for a domain in Plesk Aug 12
- Reduce disk I/O for small reads using memory Aug 7
- Automatically starting synergy in GDM in Ubuntu/Fedora Jul 30
- Plesk 8.4.0: Unable to use short names for POP3/IMAP Jul 28
- First post using the WordPress iPhone application Jul 22
- MySQLTuner 0.9.8 is now available Jul 21
- Calling all creative types: I need a slogan Jul 15
- WordPress 2.6 Jul 15
- Enabling all tests with Nessus Jul 15
- MySQLTuner is now a Fedora 9 package! Jun 27
- MySQL: ERROR 1040: Too many connections Jun 24
- MySQLTuner 0.9.1 available for Mandriva users Jun 22
- Rebuilding statistics from previous months on Plesk 8.3 Jun 20
- Why I interviewed at Google and stayed at Rackspace Jun 19
- MySQLTuner v0.9.1 is now available Jun 19
- Remove backticks from MySQL dumps Jun 18
- Why I use Plesk Jun 17
- Adjusting CPAN mirror list Jun 16
- HP Servers: hwraidinfo and hwraidstatus in Linux Jun 13
- Screencast topic requests? Jun 12
- MySQL: Canât drop one or more of the requested users Jun 11
- Backing up MySQL to Amazonâs S3 Jun 6
- MySQLTuner is the Debian Package of the Day! May 29
- Parallels Summit 2008 â Day 1 May 20
- Taking a short posting break May 8
- Forcing qmail to process e-mail in the queue May 2
- After Plesk upgrade, âCannot initialize InnoDBâ May 1
- Proposed MySQL DBA Screencasts Apr 30
- Best PHP and MySQL development book Apr 29
- Upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1 Apr 29
- Hosting the politicians Apr 24
- Plesk: Disabling TRACE/TRACK methods globally Apr 23
- Reducing locking delays in MySQL Apr 16
- mchk: Unable to initialize quota settings for [email protected] Apr 14
- MySQLTuner v0.9.0 is now available Apr 6
- MySQLTuner v0.8.9 is now available Apr 5
- Small Companies: How to hire and fire a technical person Apr 2
- Setting the maximum mail size in qmail Mar 24
- Importing MySQL dumps made on 64-bit servers Mar 21
- Reduce iowait in Plesk: put qmailâs queue on a ramdisk Mar 14
- Plesk Professional Website Editor hangs at login Mar 13
- What is the difference between file data and metadata? Mar 12
- Hunting down elusive sources of iowait Mar 11
- Strange error with Horde 3.1.3 and Plesk 8.1.1 Mar 11
- MySQLTuner v0.8.6 is now available Feb 27
- ntpd_initres: ntpd returns a permission denied error Feb 20
- MySQLTuner now has a mailing list Feb 20
- sendmail: savemail panic Feb 18
- MySQLTuner v0.8.5 is now available Feb 11
- WordPress upgraded to 2.3.3 Feb 6
- Taking a couple of weeks off Feb 5
- MySQLTuner v0.8.0 is now available Feb 1
- High iowait on RHEL 4 with Plesk and SpamAssassin Jan 31
- Plesk and MySQL 5 Jan 30
- Limiting which commands are kept in the bash history file Jan 29
- Rebuilding the initial ram disk (initrd) Jan 28
- Canât enable DNSBL/RBL in Plesk because itâs greyed out Jan 25
- MySQLTuner reaches 5,000 downloads! Jan 25
- ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet Jan 24
- qmail: This message is looping: it already has my Delivered-To line Jan 23
- Dovecot: libsepol.so.1: failed to map segment from shared object: Cannot allocate memory Jan 22
- Removing news feeds in Horde Jan 21
- MySQLTuner Revision 29 is now available Jan 16
- MySQL Replication: Wrap-up Jan 15
- MySQLTuner Revision 26 is now available Jan 15
- MySQL Replication: Slave Performance Jan 14
- MySQL Replication: Upgrading the MySQL server Jan 11
- MySQL Replication: Across an external network Jan 10
- MySQL Replication: Breakdown Jan 9
- MySQL Replication: Delayed Slaves Jan 9
- MySQLTuner is now a Debian package Jan 8
- MySQL Replication: Horizontal Data Partitioning Jan 7
- MySQL Replication: Backups & Data Integrity Jan 4
- MySQL Replication: Redundancy Jan 4
- MySQL Replication: Performance Jan 2
- MySQL Replication: A series of posts Jan 1
- Have a great 2008 Jan 1
2007
- Seven Step MySQL Replication Dec 31
- Taking a little time off Dec 18
- Why you should use caching for WordPress blogs Dec 6
- Red Hat Support EOL Dates Dec 5
- Plesk and qmail: 421 temporary envelope failure (#4.3.0) Dec 4
- MySQLTuner Revision 22 is now available Dec 3
- MySQLTuner is now a Mandriva Linux package! Nov 30
- Table âmysql.procâ doesnât exist Nov 29
- Fixing Horde problems in Plesk 8.1.x/8.2.x with PHP 5.2.5 Nov 28
- Sort e-mail in Plesk with procmail Nov 27
- Adding SSL encryption to vsftpd Nov 26
- Happy Thanksgiving Nov 23
- EXT3-fs error (device hda3) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted Nov 20
- Red Hat Perl Issues: unable to call function somefunction on undefined value Nov 19
- clamdscan: corrupt or unknown clamd scanner error or memory/resource/perms problem Nov 16
- Change the default Apache character set Nov 15
- Plesk authorization failed: HTTP request error [7] Nov 14
- Rackspace Outage Nov 14
- OpenSSL Tricks Nov 7
- MySQLTuner Revision 20 is available Nov 6
- Attractive aterm/rxvt .Xdefaults configuration Nov 4
- A short vacation Nov 3
- Enforcing mode requested but no policy loaded. Halting now. Oct 17
- Installing package groups with up2date Oct 17
- MySQLTuner Revision 19 is available Oct 16
- Enabling Dr. Web virus scanning for new accounts Oct 12
- mysqldump: Got packet bigger than âmax_allowed_packetâ bytes Oct 12
- BIND: âRRset exists (value dependent)â prerequisite not satisfied (NXRRSET) Oct 10
- Dovecot: mbox: Canât create root IMAP folder Oct 10
- Plesk: Error opening /var/lib/squirrelmail/prefs/default_pref Oct 9
- Slow Horde login process with Plesk Oct 5
- Preventing Plesk 8.2.x from adding up2date sources Oct 4
- Convert MyISAM tables to InnoDB Oct 4
- Plesk: There is incorrect combination of resource records in the zone Oct 3
- Plesk 7.5.4: Error: HTTPD_INCLUDE_D not defined Oct 2
- Parsing HTML through PHP in Plesk Sep 28
- Session problems with Horde in Plesk with AOL Sep 28
- Counting open files per user Sep 26
- A weekâs vacation Sep 26
- Boxcheck.com improvements Sep 18
- Adjusting postfix queue time / lifetime Sep 18
- Yum equivalents of up2date arguments Sep 17
- Testing SpamAssassin with GTUBE Sep 15
- Check the modulus of an SSL certificate and key with openssl Sep 14
- Slow IMAP and POP3 performance with large mailboxes on RHEL 2.1 Sep 12
- RHEL limitations cheat sheet Sep 12
- Getting GrowlMail working with Apple Mail in Growl 1.1 Sep 10
- Hunting down annoying web spiders Sep 8
- MySQL binary log rotation Sep 7
- MySQLTuner minor update Sep 7
- Low priority Plesk backups Sep 6
- Happy Labor Day Sep 4
- MySQL and InnoDB: Orphaned .frm files Sep 2
- Postfix: 554 Relay access denied Aug 31
- Apache: Disable TRACE and TRACK methods Aug 29
- Use a different IP for sending mail Aug 28
- DB function failed with error number 1033 Aug 25
- Apache: No space left on device: Couldnât create accept lock Aug 24
- MySQL couldnât find log file Aug 24
- POP3 server disconnects immediately after login Aug 23
- Qmail-smtpd spawns many processes and uses 100% of CPU Aug 22
- Change Plesk back to short mail names Aug 21
- MySQL: Errcode: 24 when using LOCK TABLES Aug 20
- Issues with mysqldump and views in Plesk Aug 18
- MySQL unauthenticated login pile-up Aug 16
- Itâs on Digg: Automated MySQL Performance Tuning Script Aug 15
- Huge MySQLTuner overhaul Aug 12
- Using wildcard subdomains in Plesk Aug 11
- Correcting Horde problems after upgrading to PHP 5 on Plesk 7.5.x Aug 11
- Urchin: Unable to open database for writing since it has been archived Aug 10
- MySQLâs query cache explained Aug 9
- Reset the Urchin admin password Aug 9
- Urchin: Warning! Task scheduler disabled. Aug 9
- Adding IP aliases in FreeBSD Aug 9
- MySQL: Missing *.ibd files Aug 9
- WordPress 2.2.2 Aug 9
- Obscure MySQL variable explained: max_seeks_for_key Aug 3
- Add custom rules to the Plesk firewall Aug 3
- Generate self-signed certificate and key in one line Aug 3
- Plesk: Unable to make action: Unable to manage service by dnsmng: dnsmng: Service named failed to start Aug 3
- Freeing up file descriptors in Plesk 8.2 with piped Apache logs Aug 3
- Big updates for mysqltuner Aug 3
- Kernel Panic: Unable to find volume group âVolGroup00â; Kernel panic â not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Aug 1
- Kernel Panic: Unexpected soft update inconsistency; run fsck manually Aug 1
- EXT3-fs error: ext3_check_descriptors / group descriptors corrupted Aug 1
- Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel Aug 1
- Add spam filtering for all users in Plesk Jul 30
- Disable X support in FreeBSD Jul 18
- Installing Lighttpd + PHP + FastCGI on FreeBSD Jul 18
- Upgrading FreeBSD remotely Jul 18
- Importing existing keys and certificates into java keystore files Jul 18
- /bin/tar: Argument list too long Jul 6
- Automatic Plesk login Jul 6
- Enable submission port 587 in Postfix Jul 5
- Check available entropy in Linux Jul 1
- Active FTP connections through iptables Jul 1
- Redirect e-mails in postfix based on subject line Jul 1
- Repair auto_increment in MySQL Jul 1
- Enable SSL support in Postfix Jul 1
- MySQL time zone different from system time zone Jul 1
- Plesk and PHPMyAdmin: Non-static method PMA_Config::isHttps() should not be called statically Jul 1
- Remove all open_basedir restrictions in Plesk Jun 30
- Basic SNMP Configuration Jun 27
- Sub-par DNS stuff at DNSStuff Jun 19
- Corrupt /dev/null Jun 19
- 500 OOPS error from vsftpd Jun 14
- Adjusting qmail queue time / lifetime Jun 14
- Adjusting sendmail queue time / lifetime Jun 14
- PHP CLI memory limit is different between users and root Jun 14
- Send Plesk e-mail to /dev/null or blackhole Jun 14
- Rebuild RPM file permissions and ownerships Jun 14
- Replace Urchin license key / serial number Jun 7
- Postgres process listing Jun 7
- FreeBSD: Limiting closed port RST response Jun 7
- Arrow keys in iTerm not working in vi/vim Jun 1
- Cisco PIX: Cannot select private key May 28
- Install snort and BASE on FreeBSD May 27
- Install mysql-server from ports on FreeBSD May 27
- Errors with ifup regarding MAC addresses May 27
- Forward e-mail sent to non-existent users in Postfix May 27
- rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries May 27
- Remove PHPâs open_basedir restriction in Plesk May 23
- Changing the default SSL certificate in Plesk May 22
- Enable submission port 587 in Sendmail May 21
- Postgresql not listening on network May 21
- Speeding up MySQL May 21
- MySQL connections in sleep state May 21
- Joomla and Plesk permissions May 21
- Remove query strings from URLâs with mod_rewrite May 18
- Relay access denied May 18
- Show hidden dot files in proftpd May 17
- Add SSL/TLS support to proftpd May 17
- Plesk submission port (587) for outbound mail May 15
- Horde refreshes when logging in May 7
- Plesk SQL Statements Apr 27
- Adding chrooted FTP users outside of Plesk Apr 27
- Install PayFlowPro for PHP on RHEL Apr 26
- Add SPF records to all domains in Plesk Apr 24
- Canât find file: âhorde_sessionhandler.MYIâ Apr 19
- Too many languages â canât upgrade Plesk license Apr 19
- Telnet POP3 Commands Apr 17
- SSL connection to a non-secure port Apr 17
- Disable SSH timeouts Apr 12
- Pre-upgrade Plesk Backup Apr 10
- Disable SSLv2 in Lighttpd Apr 8
- WordPress permalinks in Lighttpd Apr 8
- Plesk Database Schematic Apr 7
- Lighttpd proxy to Tomcat Apr 6
- Disable reverse lookups with qmail in Plesk Apr 5
- 451 Could not complete sender verify callout Mar 29
- Setting the hostname in Sendmail Mar 27
- /bin/rm: Argument list too long Mar 26
- Reset MySQL root password Mar 26
- Apacheâs mysterious trailing slash Mar 23
- Adjust max_execution_time for Horde in Plesk Mar 23
- Exporting SSL certificates from Windows to Linux Mar 23
- Forcing HTTPS (SSL) with mod_rewrite Mar 21
- Forcing HTTPS with PHP Mar 21
- AWStats icons donât appear in Plesk 8.1 Mar 18
- Redhat ES DST Links Mar 12
- Quick and fancy mail blacklist checking Mar 12
- Finding compromised scripts Mar 6
- Stopping Double Bounces in Plesk Mar 5
- Change Primary IP Address in Plesk Feb 28
- Disabling SSLv2 in Plesk Feb 27
- Disable Dr. Web Notifications in Plesk Feb 27
- Hide Apache Version Feb 23
- New DST changes for 2007 Feb 23
- ProFTPD shows incorrect GMT time with Plesk Feb 21
- Chmod and the mysterious first octet Feb 14
- Understanding LVM Feb 14
- Measuring raw shell bandwidth Feb 12
- Bulk IP update in Plesk Feb 12
- Move domain between clients in Plesk Feb 12
- Finding compromised mail accounts in Plesk Feb 10
- Delete single iptables rules Feb 9
- Enabling SSL in ProFTPD Feb 8
- Rewrite for certain IP addresses Feb 8
- Fighting DDOS attacks in Linux Feb 7
- Getting the SMTP Auth ID with Plesk Feb 7
- Cisco Logging to RHEL Feb 6
- Get Plesk e-mail addresses and passwords Feb 1
- Treason Uncloaked Jan 31
- Wave the Plesk magic wand Jan 31
- Make Apache logs mimic IIS Jan 29
- Moving mail between some Plesk servers Jan 27
- Enabling CGI in Apache virtual hosts Jan 26
- Finding usernames and passwords in Plesk DB Jan 26
- Increase MySQL connection limit Jan 24
- Verify that SSLv2 is disabled Jan 24
- Plesk admin user canât login Jan 24
- Canât upload large files in PHP Jan 24
- Argument list too long Jan 24
- Strip off www from URLs with mod_rewrite Jan 15
- Sum Apache Bandwidth From Logs Jan 15
- Repairing the qmail queue Jan 11
- Securing MySQL Jan 5
- MySQL Row & Data Limits Jan 5
2006
- About Sticky Bits Dec 31
- Canât Kill Sendmail Processes Dec 29
- Fedora/RHEL/Centos Wonât Init Dec 29
- PHPLive Has No session.save_path Dec 27
- Raising MaxClients? Change ServerLimit. Dec 27
- Rootkit Checks on RHEL Dec 27
- Group Editing With FTP Dec 27
- Fixing Invalid HELOâs Dec 27
- Postfix â Forwarding Virtual Mailboxes Dec 27