Be Careful When You Create a Unified SSL Certificate for Nginx
08 Apr 2013
If one of the files doesn't have a newline at the end then you will run into an error.
08 Apr 2013
If one of the files doesn't have a newline at the end then you will run into an error.
28 Nov 2012
File this under just-blog-it-already-so-you-can-stop-googling-it
14 Jun 2012
htop, ack, and tree
16 May 2012
Tee is one of those commands so simple, so basic that you've either been using it for years or you'll wish you had been.
27 Mar 2012
FireHOL is the best tool I've used for configuring Linux firewalls. But it can really spew its logs all over your kern.log and syslog. Getting it to stop this is non-obvious so hopefully this saves you some time.
26 Jan 2011
Heroku does not expose the current database size of your application via their web interface or command-line tool, but its pretty easy to get at.
05 Nov 2009
I just added two new functions to my bashrc which make it super-simple to find & remove broken symbolic links on your system.
06 Jun 2009
OS X ships with PHP5 installed but it does not have `readline()` support compiled in.
28 May 2009
I recently needed to rename one of my repositories and couldn't find any info on how to do it, so here is a walk-thru.
14 May 2009
Using SSH's config settings to save you keystrokes
17 Mar 2009
Ever wonder what 2>&1 means on all the cron examples out there?
09 Mar 2009
How to troubleshoot a cryptic Rsnapshot error
26 Feb 2009
One of FireHOL's strengths is that it uses standard Bash syntax inside its configuration file, so you get all the power of Bash to configure your firewall.
16 Feb 2009
In case you need some convincing to start using aptitude for all your Debian/Ubuntu software management needs
16 Feb 2009
You don't need to fire up an editor to switch your APT repositories from Debian 4 (Etch) to Debian 5 (Lenny)
17 Sep 2008
If you copy and move a VMware virtual machine that runs Debian, you’ll find that the network adapter is no longer available, which sucks.
03 Sep 2008
You just compiled Asterisk on your Debian server and you want to make sure it starts when you reboot. Here’s how
27 Aug 2008
Here’s how to synchronize your Debian system’s time with network time servers, in a few simple steps
22 Aug 2008
In case you muck up your `/etc/apt/sources.list` and want to set it back to the defaults
12 Aug 2008
How to ensure access to the handy, dandy `/usr/bin/mail` command on your Debian box.
23 Jul 2008
Oftentimes a symbolic link is just the quickest/easiest solution to the task at hand.
20 Jun 2008
Securing your slice with FireHOL is a really, really good move. Here are a few notes that may save you some time
03 Jun 2008
If you’ve been hacking at your linux CLI for a little while, you’re probably familiar with the pic below. If not, just type `top` and your terminal will spring to life with an ever-updating process and usage display.
19 May 2008
A reference for how to backup and restore MySQL databases, including optional compression.
19 May 2008
Here’s how to turn off that annoying system beep at your Debian CLI