locate command doesn’t find all files
When using the locate command in linux you may notice that it doesn’t always find the files that you would expect. Such as files there […]
Month: June 2011
cfengine error check your system clock
When compiling cfengine we get the following error: This may be due to the files within the tar having a timestamp that is different from […]
scan for new disks in solaris
Disks often fail in systems and need to be replaced. If you are using solaris and zfs as your file system you will need to […]
USB 3.0 Performance Notes
With storage capacity on the rise data transfer was still generally slow, until now. USB 3.0 solves the major flaw of it’s predecessor USB 2.0, […]
-bash: mail: command not found
When trying to use the mail command in linux you may get the following error: This means that the mail command is not present your […]
Problems with ZFS in Solaris
ZFS is a fantastic file system which revolutionizes data management. It has awesome features such as snapshots, dedup, the notion of pools and shares, effective […]
PHPLD GD Support not working
You may get a notice that visual confirmations are not available since you do not have gd support on your host. You will want to […]
Updating and using clamav in linux
Clamav is an antivirus tool used in many different operating system distributions. It can be installed via yum This will install all the relevant packages […]
check pool status in zfs
One will often want to check the status of a zpool in zfs. A common way to do this is to use This will provide […]
Kill all user processes
It is often helpful to kill all of a specific users processes. This could be because they no longer need their session, or something they […]