What an odd title? What has to deal with puppets and system administration? Well, in fact there is a program called puppet. What is puppet? Puppet is a client/server software system put out by Reductive Labs which allows for simplistic management of *Nix (OS X included).
Dance puppets, DANCE!
May 4, 2009 // Posted in Linux (Tags: Configuration Management, Puppet, System Administration) | No Comments
Where has the time gone…
April 14, 2009 // Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Wow, I certainly have not updated this in forever. I should get back to this, most likely with a better theme soon. I need to update the resume as well. Stay tuned…
Restricting Login in Linux
May 8, 2008 // Posted in Linux (Tags: Linux, PAM) | No Comments
When we talk about forcing a user to log off, what we’re really talking about is time restrictions on certain account system access and services. The easiest way I’ve found to implement time restrictions is by using software called Linux-PAM.
Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) is a mechanism for authenticating users. Specifically, we’re going to use the pam_time module to control timed access for users to services.
Why Linux?
May 8, 2008 // Posted in Linux (Tags: Linux) | No Comments
Linux is now rapidly becoming the operating system of choice in many core areas of business. It is transforming information technology in many exciting ways from being used in products ranging from cell phones and PDAs to cars and mainframe computers. In addition to being cost-effective, it is constantly being updated and refined with the latest technologies. As Linux gains greater acceptance in todays Information and Communication Technology, more and more companies are supporting Linux both application and hardware compatibility. Read the rest of this entry »
Clustering in VMware
May 7, 2008 // Posted in Virtualization (Tags: clustering, mscs, vmware, windows) | No Comments
Ever wonder if you could try playing with clustering, but without all the expense? Well you are in luck. It is pretty simple to do.
This guide is for Windows Server 2003 or earlier, it will NOT work in Server 2008. The reason this won’t work in Server 2008 is that Microsoft has removed the ability for Microsoft Clustering Service (MSCS) to use shared storage. This will work in all other versions of Windows Server that have MSCS.