March 10, 2017
How to Write a Collectd Plugin with Python
With Python, it's very easy to write generic plugins for collectd. Here's a tutorial on how to measure the Raspberry Pi CPU temperature using such a plugin.
Entries tagged “sysadmin”
July 23, 2016
Dynamic DNS Updates on FreeDNS from RouterOS
Configuring automatic Dynamic DNS updates on freedns.afraid.org from a Mikrotik device.
June 17, 2014
Setting the setuid / setgid Bit with Ansible
You can set the suid/sgid bit using the regular octal numeric chmod syntax.
May 25, 2013
PHP-FPM and Nginx Upstream Configuration
Current versions of php5-fpm from dotdeb listen on a unix domain socket by default, instead of using port 9000.
May 16, 2013
ufw – A Simple iptables Frontend
ufw is a very easy way to configure your firewall rules, without writing iptables scripts.
June 15, 2012
Using tsql
How to use the tsql command.
February 21, 2012
Ubuntu / Redmine / Nginx / Mongrel / Supervisord
How to install Redmine on Ubuntu with Nginx, Mongrel and Supervisord.
January 19, 2012
dwm config - volume, battery notification, unread e-mail count & more
My dwm configuration.
September 01, 2011
dwm ssh/screen/irssi notifications
Show notifications for irssi mentions inside a ssh screen session on dwm.
April 09, 2011
Show MySQL Storage Engines
If you have ever wanted to know the storage engine type of every table in …
March 31, 2011
Install Android Development Environment under Arch Linux
How to install Eclipse and the Android Developer Tools under ArchLinux x64: sudo pacman -S …
January 08, 2011
Install Brother DCP-7010 under Arch Linux
This how-to will enable you to print and scan with a Brother DCP-7010 printer under …
January 07, 2011
Update file type associations under Linux
To update a file type (or rather a mime type) association under Linux, you can …
November 18, 2010
Use easy_install under Arch Linux or Ubuntu
If you want to use Python's easy_install, you need to install an additional package …
November 15, 2010
Slock Logging Patch
I love slock, a simple screenlocker written for dwm, but I was missing some logging …
March 19, 2010
SMB vs NFS speed
Copying a 3.2GB MKV movie file from my local hard drive to a Synology …
March 18, 2010
Change Linux UID/GID
Log in with another user than the one to be edited or reboot into recovery …
February 25, 2010
Platzfresser in der Linux Shell finden
Um in der Linux Shell die 10 grössten Platzfresser im aktuellen Verzeichnis zu finden, füge …
February 16, 2010
Rkhunter Application Warnings on Debian
On my (up to date) Debian Lenny installation, rkhunter regularly complains that various applications are …
September 01, 2009
List Available Kernel Modules
To list all available linux kernel modules, issue as root: $ find /lib/modules// -type f …
August 12, 2009
Edit Bash command in $EDITOR
To edit the current command in Linux Bash in your default editor ($EDITOR), use the …
June 25, 2009
Unix write as normal user
In case you get a "Permission denied" when trying to use the write command as …
June 16, 2009
Transfer SVN Repository
To transfer an SVN repository from one server to another one, first dump the repo …
May 27, 2009
Oracle 10g Client Fehlermeldungen
Wenn folgende Fehlermeldung beim Verbinden auf die Datenbank erscheint: ORA-00604: Fehler auf rekursiver SQL-Ebene 1 …
April 28, 2009
RubyGems Update Problems
Getting the following error message when trying to use rake? undefined method `loaded_specs' for …
March 11, 2009
Make Apache Less Talkative
On a standard installation of Apache, the webserver sends a lot of information about installed …
December 03, 2008
Mediawiki PW-Reset per MySQL
Soeben musste ich mein Mediawiki Passwort resetten, hatte aber im Profil keine Mailadresse angegeben. Dank …