Here is a small Linux command that I have used frequently to look at disk performance on some of my Linux servers. iostat -xdkt 30 360 >> iostat-results.txt The above […]
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Small Shell Script for Linux
Here is one shell script I used recently. Now I am not the most fluent in scripting languages so this is probably not the only way to do this but […]
Clark Connect Server Compromised
Up to today I have been a big fan of Clark Connect Linux but today I was contacted by our ISP that one of our boxes was compromised and was […]
PXE and Network Booting.
This article will hopefully help at least one techie out there. Please drop me a line if it does. I have been experimenting with PXE network booting of servers, desktops […]
DOS to NIX text format
For those of you that have ever created a text file on windows and then transfered to a Unix or Linux system you may have run into a problem with […]
Too many Zombies???
Ever run a “top” command on a linux machine and notice a number of “zombie processes”? Zombies are already dead processes that you really cant get rid of without a […]
How to view SWAP information on Linux
Here is a small utility I have used to check the amount of swap space on linux machines. Generally you would like to have 1 to 1.5 times the amount […]
Testing large file transfers
Another good item to put in your admin bag of tricks is small one line script that will create a file of any size on linux. To create a file […]
tcptrack – Connection Trace Utility
Well here goes. Forgive my newbie-ness when it comes to blogging. I will get the hang of it soon. My first real article will be about a linux network tool […]