Search results for category: sysadmin

A Rogue Antivirus called Internet Security 2010
by Izak Burger — on Jan 30, 2010 —

• sysadmin

I don't use Windows. This is a religious conviction. As a rule I don't fix other people's Windows PC's either, because once you've done that anything that goes wrong is your fault. But every once in a while a really good friend asks you to help and you take pity on him.

Migrating an entire linux-vserver virtual server to another machine
by Izak Burger — on Jun 23, 2009 —

• sysadmin

I always forget the exact rsync command used for this purpose. Here it is for me and the rest of the world too.

Logsplit
by Izak Burger — on Dec 19, 2008 —

• python
• sysadmin

A Log File Splitter

SpreadMirror
by Izak Burger — on Dec 16, 2008 —

• python
• sysadmin
• zope

This is a simple tool I implemented to synchronise files between a cluster of machines.

An iptables fix for dictionary spam tactics
by Izak Burger — on Oct 06, 2008 —

• sysadmin

Use ipt_recent to block dictionary spam attacks.

About resizing and recovering filesystems
by Izak Burger — on May 06, 2008 —

• sysadmin

Murphy's law kicked in and we ended up with a file system that was 99% full, but with no files on it.