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May 24, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Changing job priority under Linux

If the job is already running use:renice 19 -p 2478This gives the job 2478 (as identified with ps -aux) the lowest possible priority.

May 23, 2007 • 2 min read • Technology

The new iPod (3rd generation) and Suse Linux 9

I have bought an iPod.

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

ssh host keys

When reinstalling an ssh server, one should keep the ssh key files from the old system.

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Spin down the harddisk with hdparm

The command to spin down the hard disk after 50 seconds (5x10) being idle: /sbin/hdparm -S10 /dev/hda

May 23, 2007 • 2 min read • Technology

Samba trouble (smb, smbadduser, smbpasswd)

If your samba is unreliable, there can be a number of reasons.

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Running wine from a real windows install

I thought wine might run better from a real windows install.

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

ps2pdf versus pstill and password protection of pdf documents

While reading about ps2pdf (which is just a commandline front-end to ghostscript), I realized that despite its simple appearance, ps2pdf has almost all capabilities of Acrobat 5.

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Problems with vhosts on RedHat 8

We have httpd-2.0.40-11.9 installed and configured at our domain registrars site that jeltsch.org, marzidesign.com and sundayscam.com are forwared to our IP address (62.18.133.129).

May 23, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Piping the output of find into a new command (find, xargs)

E.g.
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