inside the mind of a linux admin

my color PS1 bash prompt

export PS1=”[\[\e[34;1m\]\u@\[\e[30;1m\]\h\[\e[39;1m\]: \w\[\e[0m\]]\$ “ Share on FacebookTweet

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new “vpsfind” tool deployed

as one of my first projects, I decided to write a new and improved “vpsfind” script, which parses data from the system center and can be used to locate the parent vp node, the running status of the vps, the primary username, and primary IP address of any VEID. as of last week, testing has […]

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Rocket Man

Erik

Thursday, August 27, 2009

comedy & funny ha ha

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cPanel file locations

A helpful reference guide of the files where cpanel/whm stores important information for everything including apache, exim, ftp, frontpage, sql, ssh, php, bind, whm account data, cp scripts, and other configuration files. click here. Share on FacebookTweet

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Domain Details 2.5 Firefox Plugin

Erik

Monday, August 24, 2009

firefox plugins

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Yet another plugin I wouldn’t be able to live without… It displays Server Type, Headers, IP Address, Location Flag, and links to Whois Reports — Great for troubleshooting and diagnosing DNS propagation issues. Shows you which server is loading the page you’re viewing, which helps keep you sane when diagnosing users that just changed their […]

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Split Browser Firefox Plugin

Erik

Monday, August 24, 2009

firefox plugins

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I use this at work on a daily basis. This splits the content area of the browser window as you wish. It will help you in various cases. For example, to compare multiple webpages, to register domains and provision new VPS servers without without having to switch back and forth to copy/paste the customer’s information, […]

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