Hi All,
After three hours finally my Linux box is able to mount NTFS partitions.
Check this link: Linux-NTFS RPMs Documentation.
Is really simple, you only need to download the appropriate RPM file.
By the way, it just works fine on my CentOS 5 installation.
Happy hacking!
If you need to know how long your Linux services have been running you can try this:
Or
To get the PID you can try the following command:
Piece of cake!
Do you need PHP support for GD?
First you need to be sure this module is not already installed, on a shell window run the following command:
If you have something like this:
The module is already installed, otherwise run the following command:
Voila!
Esta semana ha sido muy interesante.
Lunes: Una falla en la red inalabrica que afecto solo a media docena de usuarios me mantuvo ocupado desde muy temprano, no pude encontrar nada en los logs, asi que realize un ”’analisis”’ que me llevo a la conclusion de que uno de los ”’access ports”’ era el causante del problema. Despues de reiniar el AP se reestablecio el servicio con normalidad.
Martes: Una fibra optica dañada en el area de Dallas /FW ocasiono que la conexion a la red experimentara tiempos de respuesta de 800 ms y perdida de paqutes de mas de 30 %. Aparentemente el mal tiempo fue el causante.
Miercoles: Debido al mal servicio que nos ha dado un ”’carrier”’ local se programo un cambio de ”’carrier”’ para las dos de la manana. Era un cambio ”’casi transparente”’, pero… la falta de coordinacion de parte de nuestro proveedor nos retraso un poco. Terminanos un par de minutos antes de las 6 de la manana justo a tiempo para que arrancara el primer turno.
Jueves: Despues de que uno de mis compañeros instalara el SO en un servidor Dell PowerEdge 2950 me disponia a instalar los parches desde la pagina de Windows Update y un par de detalles me hicieron perder bastante tiempo, uno a pesar de que el servidor estaba conectado a internet a travez de una conexion de Prodigy Infinitum, algo raro pasaba ya que no podiamos acceder a ninguna pagina.
Despues de reiniciar el modem una par de veces el asunto se corrigio, pero, no era posible actualizar el servidor desde la pagina de Windows Update, todo porque el Firewall que viene con el Windows 2003 esta apagado y que la zona horaria no era la correcta.
Viernes: Debido al problema del AP del lunes, se abrio un caso con la empresa Symbol/Motorola a vuelta de un par de dias, nos recomendaron actualizar a la version 3.0.2-008R del firmware para los swicthes de la red inalambrica, pero o desilusion, se perdio la informacion de las licencias y ahora solo estamos trabajando con un switch.
Espero que esta semana que comienza sea mas benevola.
If you can read this, thank your sysadmin
A sysadmin unpacked the server for this website from its box, installed an operating system, patched it for security, made sure the power and air conditioning was working in the server room, monitored it for stability, set up the software, and kept backups in case anything went wrong. All to serve this webpage.
A sysadmin installed the routers, laid the cables, configured the networks, set up the firewalls, and watched and guided the traffic for each hop of the network that runs over copper, fiber optic glass, and even the air itself to bring the Internet to your computer. All to make sure the webpage found its way from the server to your computer.
A sysadmin makes sure your network connection is safe, secure, open, and working.
A sysadmin makes sure your computer is working in a healthy way on a healthy network.
A sysadmin takes backups to guard against disaster both human and otherwise, holds the gates against security threats and crackers, and keeps the printers going no matter how many copies of the tax code someone from Accounting prints out.
A sysadmin worries about spam, viruses, spyware, but also power outages, fires and floods.
When the email server goes down at 2 AM on a Sunday, your sysadmin is paged, wakes up, and goes to work.
A sysadmin is a professional, who plans, worries, hacks, fixes, pushes, advocates, protects and creates good computer networks, to get you your data, to help you do work — to bring the potential of computing ever closer to reality.
So if you can read this, thank your sysadmin — and know he or she is only one of dozens or possibly hundreds whose work brings you the email from your aunt on the West Coast, the instant message from your son at college, the free phone call from the friend in Australia, and this webpage.
Show your appreciation
Friday, July 27th, 2007, is the 8th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator something that shows that you truly appreciate their hard work and dedication.
Let’s face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year. This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe, will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in appreciation of their diligent work. But seriously, we are asking for a nice token gift and some public acknowledgement. It’s the least you could do.
Consider all the daunting tasks and long hours (weekends too.) Let’s be honest, sometimes we don’t know our System Administrators as well as they know us. Remember this is one day to recognize your System Administrator for their workplace contributions and to promote professional excellence. Thank them for all the things they do for you and your business.
More info on http://www.sysadminday.com/
As you hear.
The mighty and omnipresent FBI is installing ”’spyware”’ to search on line.
Get familiar with this term: CIPAV, which stands for: Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier, we are going to hear a lot of this.
Since four years ago there’s have been a rumor that the FBI was installing ”’secretly”’ software on computers. Some ”’conspiracy-theory”’ lovers say that even our emails are being ”’scanned”’ for certain ”’words”’. Whatever.
The case is that the FBI has run an investigation using the CIPAV tool to track a ”’bomber”’.
A VLAN (”Virtual LAN”) is a broadcast domain created by one or more switches.
That means that a switch separates their ports into VLAN’s to reduce the broadcast traffic.
The reasons to create VLAN’s are:
1. Separate traffic, keep PC’s in a VLAN and the network devices in a different one.
2. Group users by department, or by group.
Lets say you have a server whith 8 GB RAM installed and when you are getting ready to put the server on production you discovered that it is only reporting 4GB RAM. Don’t be alarmed! It is not a hardware fail or misconfiguration error.
This is one of those “I don’t know why Microsoft” does not set as default on their OS installations, anyway.
The only thing you need to do is go to c:\ and look for the boot.ini file, open it using the always trustable Notepad and add /PAE to OS boot command line:
\WINNT="Windows ???? Datacenter Server" /PAE /basevideo /sos
Save the file and then gues what? Yes you do! reboot your server and enjoy of the power of 4 GB of additional RAM.
More information here.
| TCP/IP architecture | Protocols |
| Application | HTTP, POP3, SMTP |
| Transport | TCP, UDP |
| Internetwork | IP |
| Network interface | Ethernet, Frame relay |
Have you ever been USA?
Well, if you have I suppose you have tried one of those ‘tacos’; from Taco Bell.
Let me tell you, those are not tacos; those are Folded Tostadas.
