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Compiling Duplicity on CentOS 5.x

Drew — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:22:55 +0000

Duplicity, an encrypted backup utility that uses the rsync algorithm, is becoming quite useful for my day to day backups. I've written several backup scripts using rsync, gzip, and other useful backup schemes. Heck, I've even written my own backup subroutines that create a backup structure based of the current date. So, trust me, I usually never change my ways, unless it's something that really intrigues me. Some Background Information I'm still testing some stuff out, however, I'm Read More »

Clearing (but not deleting) log files

Drew — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:22:26 +0000

Sometimes, as a Systems Administrator, or SysAdmin, there are times we need to clear out the log files, without actually deleting them. As a smart Sys Admin, you normally wouldn't need to do this, but as I am currently involved in supporting customers and their Linux machines, I run into some pretty neat stuff (neat as in special). I've had a few issues where someone actually runs out of disk space on / (root filesystem) due to the /var/log directory being full. First off, you might run the Read More »

Stepping Into Samba

Drew — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:38:07 +0000

A few friends of mine stare at me blankly when I mention Samba and SMB. In fact, sometimes they think it's the same thing, when in fact, it's not. I'll talk about the differences between the two and walk you through setting up Samba networked shares. This will give you a nice introduction to Samba and also Linux, if you are not familiar with that, also. The real question here isn't why SMB, or why Samba for that matter? Well, first off, after I explain to you what SMB is and then Read More »