Category: Sysadmin
May06
Trying to sign a bunch of rpms usually means having to type in your password for the gpg key multiple times, once for each rpm. However, you can avoid doing that with this :rpm --resign `find `pwd` -name *.rpm`That will only prompt you once for t… more »
Jan07
Trying to pull from a remote repo, just ran into this strange error being reported by gitosis.
ERROR:gitosis.serve.main:Arguments to command look dangerous
And in typical gitosis ways, its down to trawling the sources to workout what the problem… more »
Dec01
One fact of life with the sysadmin lifestyle is that most issues are task and event driven rather than project driven. For me, over the last 6 months, the split has been about 80% issue driven and 20% project driven. And most tasks tend to be short, even… more »
Sep28
This question comes up often : how does one get started in the world of Linux sysadmin. And to be honest, I dont think there is a clear answer to that. The state of Linux certification is not ideal. There are a few courses one might get onto, like the RH… more »
Sep28
@reboot : Run once after reboot. @yearly : Run once a year, ie. "0 0 1 1 *". @annually : Run once a year, ie. "0 0 1 1 *". @monthly : Run once a month, ie. "0 0 1 * *". @weekly : Run once a wee… more »