Debian Lenny and quota on /home
by Artur on Jan.26, 2010, under All, Sysadmin
There is a small how to here however it describes how to install on / partition. Here are clear instructions for /home. (continue reading…)
Reinstalling list of GEMs on a new server
by Artur on Jan.26, 2010, under All, Sysadmin
When I have to migrate servers to new OS or reinstall list of gems on another box you can get a quite big list of gems to install. This post will describe how to do it “admin way” which basically means that whatever has to be done more than once should be scripted 
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Disable Macbook boot sound
by Artur on Jan.20, 2010, under All, Desktop
You know this sound when Macs are turned on ? This sound is so annoying. Well here is a small app you can use to disable it.
Nagios check_file_age mod
by Artur on Dec.22, 2009, under Sysadmin
As I don’t think in seconds about time and more like hours days etc. I’ve added this small bit of code to Nagios check_file_age script to display age in days. I’m using this to check PID file age for service that needs daily/weekly restarts. (continue reading…)
Apache2 + Passenger
by Artur on Dec.17, 2009, under All
Phusion Passenger™— a.k.a. mod_rails or mod_rack — makes deployment of Ruby web applications, such as those built on the revolutionary Ruby on Rails web framework, a breeze. It follows the usual Ruby on Rails conventions, such as “Don’t-Repeat-Yourself”.
