Links tagged “sysadmin”

deconstructingitsm.wordpress.com

Argues that what IT organisations actually need is a configuration management policy and a configuration authority, not a CMDB product.

sourceware.org

GPL instrumentation infrastructure that runs scripted probes inside a live Linux kernel to gather diagnostic data without recompiling or rebooting.

coderslike.us

Walkthrough for converting an S3-backed EC2 AMI into an EBS-backed one, with the shell commands to unbundle, copy and snapshot the image, and why EBS-backed instances are worth it.

lugatgt.org

Slide deck on GNU Screen: the basics, screenrc configuration and keybindings, split windows, logging, password protection and multi-user shared sessions.

forum.ubuntu-fr.org

sudo apt-get -f install

linuxgazette.net

A walkthrough of building a Linux process that even root cannot stop, using a loop-mounted ISO, an inittab respawn entry and a patched init.