Recent Articles
Handling a Subversion Repository URL Change
Sunday, May 3, 2009
If your repository URL changes, you can use the following command to fix existing snapshots.
VirtualBox or VMWare Virtual Machine at Login
Sunday, April 12, 2009
How to start a virtual machine in X when a user logs in.
Dialog Progress Bar Through Pipe
Sunday, April 12, 2009
How to use dialog to display a script progress bar and communicate progress to it through a named pipe.
Ottawa Linux Symposium 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Here are some pictures from the 2008 Linux Symposium.
Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration
Monday, July 14, 2008
This is a rather interesting talk that takes some very foundational ideas from open source software development, P2P networks, and social networking and implies that these paradigms can apply to a lot more.
Pessimists, we're told, look at a glass containing 50% air and 50% water and see it as half empty. Optimists, in contrast, see it as half full. Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
- Bob Lewis
Sys Admin
vfat Mounts Default to Lowercase Shortnames
by digitalpeer, updated Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I want a "this is brain-damage" quote from Linus for this mess.Linux NFS Root and PXE-Boot
by digitalpeer, updated Monday, November 6, 2006
Separate your Linux hacking machine from the test machine with this tutorial.Lost Root MySql Password
by digitalpeer, updated Friday, December 31, 2004
How to recover a MySql server after you've lost the root password.MySql >= 4.1 Client does not support authentication protocol...
by digitalpeer, updated Wednesday, December 1, 2004
MySql authentication error fix.Securing your Wireless LAN
by digitalpeer, updated Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Some tips and things you might not know about your wireless network.Stunnel - Universal SSL Wrapper
by digitalpeer, updated Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Run anything through ssh - even regular FTP.g4u Hard Drive Imaging
by digitalpeer, updated Wednesday, August 11, 2004
One of the best solutions i've found for hard drive imaging.Home Network Layout
by digitalpeer, updated Sunday, August 8, 2004
An example home network layout to give you an idea on how to set things up.