My web wanderings

HOWTO: Configure Ubuntu for Active Directory Authentication - DeveloperNet

An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting
By: Mendel Cooper

Creating Images Of Your Linux System - SystemImager

This is a nice app I want to look at for deploying images of linux servers and desktops.

Pocket Workstation - Debian on Handhelds

Here is an article on Filesystem integrety checkers. There are several filesystem integrity checker applications, both commercial and open source. I chose to deploy afick, because it is written in Perl, which makes it lightweight and easily portable between different operating systems. Though by nature designed for the command line, afick also has an optional Webmin module and a graphical interface written in perl-Tk.

Here is an article on Filesystem integrety checkers. There are several filesystem integrity checker applications, both commercial and open source. I chose to deploy afick, because it is written in Perl, which makes it lightweight and easily portable between different operating systems. Though by nature designed for the command line, afick also has an optional Webmin module and a graphical interface written in perl-Tk.

First off I always recommend a complete format for any machine that has been infected with any virus, worm or trojan. Basically if your computer has been compromised then treat it as so and start over to be safe. That being said you probably want your data off your computer prior to formating it. Now don’t just go copying data off the infected windows computer to another windows computer. You are likely to just spread the infection. So here is an excellent article on how to clean the data using Knoppix prior to moving it to another computer.

Note to self. When installing Debian Sarge on VMware Workstation make sure to use IDE virtual disks not SCSI.

Here is something I want to check out. freshmeat.net: Project details for Debian System Wide Information Manager
DSWIM is a powerful informational tool for Debian’s packaging system. Designed with an integrated approach it combines the functionality found in several other programs and scripts. This provides users with a centralized approach for querying the installation, allowing programmers the liberty of writing smaller and simpler code.