Issue #73 / Dec 2006

KNOW-HOW: Ask_Klaus!

Links deleted on reboot Several multimedia programs I use rely on the existence of “devices” such as /dev/dvd or /d......

SYSADMIN: Charly's Column

The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Arpalert

Corporate policies prohibit the unauthorized connection of hardware to the company network, threatening dire consequences in the case of non-compliance. Fair enough, but how do you actually go about catching somebody trying to plug an illegal laptop into your Ethernet?

SYSADMIN: Commercial Mail Servers

Testing the Axigen, Kerio, and Merak commercial mail servers

They run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, cost money, and juggle email messages: these three commercial mail servers aim to convince admins they are worth the price.

NEWS: Samba Antivirus

Integrating a realtime antivirus scanner with Samba

Realtime virus scanning at the file server is an elegant and efficient option for protecting Windows clients. We’ll show you some tools and techniques for realtime scanning with Samba.

PROGRAMMING: Dotnet Scripting with Boo

Exploring the Boo scripting language

Boo is a scripting language tailor-made for Mono and .NET. This haunting mixture of Python and C# may be just what you need to get started with the .NET framework.

PROGRAMMING: Perl: Network Backup

Protecting data with a Perl-based rescue CD

Armed with just a rescue CD and a Perl script, you can back up a client’s hard disk across the wire.

LINUXUSER: KTools: KAlarm

Keep your appointments on schedule with KAlarm

KAlarm is a lean alternative calendar program. You can use this handy alarm clock as an easy-to-use replacement for cron.

LINUXUSER: Fish Shell

The Fish shell simplifies the console

The Fish shell offers some user-friendly features for command line beginners.

LINUXUSER: Vnc2swf Screen Recorder

Screen recording with Vnc2swf

If you want to offer visitors to your website more than a text-based howto, why not publish a video-based tutorial with Vnc2swf.

LINUXUSER: Workspace: ScrapBook

Turn Firefox into an archiving and research tool with ScrapBook

A handy Firefox extension called ScrapBook lets you save, manage, and annotate web pages.