Author Archive for ben.kevan

I am ben kevan.. Well yeah. .that's about it.

Linux Kernel 2.6.30+ RDS Vulnerability
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Linux Kernel 2.6.30+ RDS Vulnerability

Recently it was reported by VSR Security that Linux Kernel versions 2.6.30+ are affected by an exploit due to the implementation of RDS (Reliable Datagram [ continue reading... ]

Puppet 2.6.2 on SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise
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Puppet 2.6.2 on SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise

If you’re a puppet user and running SLES and have been looking for the latest version shipped via an RPM, then you’re in luck. california [ continue reading... ]

Ubuntu 10.10 – Is it worth the hype?
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Ubuntu 10.10 – Is it worth the hype?

As with any Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 10.10 has quite the hype train backing it, and its release. But this time, they backed it up better [ continue reading... ]

Getting VMware Tools Version for Linux via CLI
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Getting VMware Tools Version for Linux via CLI

VMware doesn’t seem to provide a very good way to get the version of your VMware tools currently installed on your server. However, you can [ continue reading... ]

Fluxbox on openSUSE 11.3
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Fluxbox on openSUSE 11.3

Are you sick of Gnome? KDE? or XFCE? Do you have a very old machine that you want to run Linux on, but the newer [ continue reading... ]

Ruby 1.8.5 on RHEL 4
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Ruby 1.8.5 on RHEL 4

browser download . florida tile . While working on deploying puppet 2.6.0 onto RHEL4, I found that the supported ruby version of 1.8.1 does not [ continue reading... ]

Puppet 2.6.0 on SLES 11 SP1
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Puppet 2.6.0 on SLES 11 SP1

Recently my orginization signed a contract with Novell to implement some SLES. With this I decided to start implementing puppet (learning it first) along with [ continue reading... ]

screenshot with scrot – a command line tool for screenshots
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screenshot with scrot – a command line tool for screenshots

scrot is a great command line tool for screenshots with some great built in capabilities.The most basic usage of scrot is:That would take a screenshot [ continue reading... ]

KDE SC 4.4.5 Released
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KDE SC 4.4.5 Released

From the release notes: KDE Software Compilation 4.4.5 Released: Codename “Ceilidh”KDE Community Ships Fifth Translation and Service Release of the 4.4 FreeDesktop, Containing Numerous Bugfixes [ continue reading... ]

KDE 4.5 Beta 2 Released
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KDE 4.5 Beta 2 Released

From the announcement KDE Software Compilation 4.5 Beta2 Released: Codename Cake KDE Community Ships First Beta Release of the 4.5 Free Desktop, Applications and Development [ continue reading... ]

Long Unexpected Downtime
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Long Unexpected Downtime

Hey All, Sorry for the long unexpected downtime. However my shared service hosting company suspended my account for cpu usage. roofing contractor bellevue . homeowners [ continue reading... ]

xorg-server 1.8.1 Released
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xorg-server 1.8.1 Released

The first stable release of the 1.8 series is now available. Only twochanges over RC2 (Julien’s EXTRA_DIST patch and Adam’s VNC patch), so youget the [ continue reading... ]

Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL from rebooting a Linux machine
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Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL from rebooting a Linux machine

In normal hardening techniques one should in an enterprise setting always disable the usage of CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot a Linux Machine. This key sequence is [ continue reading... ]

The Cause Of The Middle Tennessee Floods
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The Cause Of The Middle Tennessee Floods

Well it seems that the cause of all the floods in the Middle Tennessee area has been determined. This weather reporter seemed to find the [ continue reading... ]

PCLinuxOS 2010.1 KDE 4 – Released
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PCLinuxOS 2010.1 KDE 4 – Released

The PCLinuxOS Development team announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2010.1 KDE 4 Edition. This is the second release for the PCLinuxOS 2010 Family, which includes [ continue reading... ]