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Robert Mibus. Father, geek, sysadmin, developer.
Email: <mibus@mibus.org>
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- Moving!
- Making GNOME-Shell plugins save their config
- ping -f[aux flood]
- Multiple SSH port-forwards, all in a row…
- GNOME-Shell multi-timezone clock
- NetWorker – Random stalling
- IPv6 for SysAdmins
- Doctor Who, sans Python-iView
- Letter To the ABC, re the takedown of Python-iView
- When life gives you lemons… ask for oranges.
Tag Archives: sysadmin
Moving!
I’ve been [comparatively] quiet for a while now, and I can finally announce the results of my endeavours: I’ve resigned from Internode (ie. iiNet) in order to accept a position at Google in Sydney. This means that Missy and I … Continue reading
ping -f[aux flood]
I’m having trouble admitting this publicly, but I learnt something new recently about ping, of all things. To quote from the man page of ping: -f Flood ping. For every ECHO_REQUEST sent a period “.” is printed, while for ever … Continue reading
Multiple SSH port-forwards, all in a row…
Sometimes, you really need to get from point “A” to point “B”, but you can’t. Restrictive firewalls, poor change control, you don’t own the infrastructure, or maybe it’s just “temporary” and you don’t want to have to go to all … Continue reading
GNOME-Shell multi-timezone clock
As many of you know, the company I work for (Internode) was recentlyish purchased by iiNet. iiNet’s headquarters is in Perth, which is 1.5 or 2.5 hours “behind” Adelaide time. There’s no longer a multi-timezone clock available for the panel, … Continue reading
NetWorker – Random stalling
One of the things I’ve spent a lot of time with, has been EMC NetWorker (previously Legato NetWorker). A vaguely common issue is for a process of some kind – backups, staging to tape, restores, etc – for no reason … Continue reading
IPv6 for SysAdmins
IPv6 is a new and complicated piece of technology; like any new technology it takes a while to get used to and discover what does and doesn’t really work. Who am I? I’m Robert Mibus, and I helped roll out … Continue reading
gSolaris
Among other things at work, I help look after a small set of Solaris hosts. One of the real frustrations I have with Solaris is the lack of functionality in many of the “standard” applications, things that I’ve come to … Continue reading
MythTV “du” – find out what shows take up the most space
I was wondering where all my space was going in MythTV recently, so I figured I’d whip up a quick “du” that will give me a per-title breakdown of usage. It assumes you have just the one storage area for … Continue reading
GoDaddy – mixed-case DNS WTFery.
A friend passed me a bounce of mail to my domain; DNS-related it said. Dutifully, I checked the record: $ dig @ns43.domaincontrol.com mibus.org mx ; DiG 9.7.3 @ns43.domaincontrol.com mibus.org mx ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got … Continue reading
Desktop SCRAM
So the problem goes like this: A coworker asks if I want to join them for a coffee. (This happens multiple times per day, FWIW). I say “Yes!” and jump up… …then sit back down to lock my computer screen, … Continue reading