Archive for the ‘Sys Admin’ Category

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  Remote Desktop to VPS on CentOS 5.5

  So lets say that you have a VPS or two from a company like slicehost or Linode. Cool, right? Yep. Powerful and affordable. You have a server at your finger tips for as little as $20/month with no contract. …

  Posted: October 25th, 2010 ˑ  4 Comments
  Filled under: Software, Sys Admin, Tools
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  Rolling Python 2.7 On CentOS 5.5

  So, we have all heard the horror stories of replacing the 2.4 interpreter with a newer one that is not offered in any of the maintained repos. Clouds part, log files build, mutt inboxes overflow and yum (among many other …

  Posted: October 21st, 2010 ˑ  61 Comments
  Filled under: Python, Sys Admin
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  Turn off unneeded services: Centos 5.x

  Keeping a server appliance healthy can often mean nothing more than getting rid of services that absorb resources. These services are things that are installed by default, but are not used. Here is a quick BASH script to turn off …

  Posted: May 1st, 2009 ˑ  2 Comments
  Filled under: BASH, Sys Admin