Symfony log management with `logrotate` on Linux
It sucks when server disks fill up. I have Nagios set up to notify me well before it’s a problem, but it happens annoyingly frequently, and it’s always the same cause: log files. Symfony’s production environments don’t create logs, but…
More Secure AND More Convenient: Secure Shell keys and agents everywhere you go
As security increases, convenience tends to decrease. But in this case we gain some of both. CONCEPTS Problem 1: Brute force SSH attackers I recently made a Linux machine accessible by port 22 from the Internet, so I could remotely…
LDAP powered by MySQL on RHEL5
Background We need a quick-and-dirty LDAP server with basically a list of usernames and passwords to point Cisco ACS gear at, in order to provide people with limited-time authentication tokens to a wireless network. I need to populate that with…
Compiling DBD::Oracle for Red Hat Linux with the Oracle Instant Client
From my work intrablog, Tuesday, April 29th, 2008. I tested today and the same patch is necessary. It’s annoying how much harder this is than the MySQL driver… Download these RPMs from Oracle’s Instant Client for Linux page:Instant Client Package…
