Scripting is what makes Unix-like operating systems great. Every *nix, be it Linux, BSD, OS X, AIX, Solaris, or whatever other random distribution you can come up with, comes with a capable shell (or three) and a good set of basic utilities. Where a Windows administrator has to either fall to the horror that is [...]
Archive of posts tagged linux
Dynamic DNS: Part Two
This post is a follow-up to Dynamic DNS When last I left you, we had basic updateable DNS running and could update it from OS X. I’ve been a bit busy since then, but thanks to some prodding from @Loredo, I got back in and started looking at. What follows is the exciting story of [...]
SpamAssassin 2010 Bug
Hey all. One of the sysadmins at Mudd, Claire Connelly, pointed out that there’s a widespread bug in SpamAssassin that might cause large numbers of false positives on mail sent after 2010-01-01. Apparently, the “date in future” rule is hardcoded to look for years after 2010. You can read more at LWN; the short of [...]
*nix Tip of the Day: VMS
Okay, so this is maybe a little unusual, but today’s “*nix Tip of the Day” isn’t about Unix/Linux/etc. at all. Instead, it is about their antiquated archenemy: VMS. First, a little bit of history: <History> Way back in 1970, the PDP-11 was hot stuff. Ken Thompson, Dennis Richie, Brian Kernighan, and others at Bell Labs [...]
*nix Tip of the Day: vim modelines
As you may know, in the editor wars, I come down firmly on the side of vim. Vim is a lean and effective modal editor, contrasted with emacs. One of the features of Vim that I enjoy using (but did not know about until recently!) is modelines. A modeline is a small piece of text [...]
