You should never ever use MySQL Events. Well that might be an exaggeration. There are probably some good uses for MySQL Events. But if you’re using them chances are a developer has decided to use them to do something that should have been included somewhere else in the platform. The biggest problem with MySQL Events… Read More »
In my last job I ran into a scenario where a hard drive failed while a system was still running. When I attempted to reboot with and /sbin/reboot it failed with a rather cryptic message. Honestly I had never ran into this issue before. So I turned to google and found this excellent Linux Journal… Read More »
PSA: CVE-2016-0718 Libexpat Bug Out The Expat XML Parser is a ubiquitous parser written in C that is included in a number of projects. If you have a C program that uses an XML parser it’s plausible that it could be included in your project. Links to patches to major distributions are below. Please patch… Read More »
Using LVM Snapshots to do a Backup At my former job we had a process that required the main system to be stopped before the backup could begin. The model the built in backup script followed was: Shut down Software Backup Software Location(s) Start Software Back Up This piece of software wasn’t something where it… Read More »
So a couple of people on my team have been quoting a section of A Few Good Men recently. Additionally during a Pen test our pen tester was able to take out a number of our IP Phones. In response the following adaptaion of the the iconic response was created. I thought I’d share. Son,… Read More »
FreeBSD 10 Setup Virtualbox Guest Additions : Reprint Note for Visitors I’ve had to recover my website and this was one of my most popular posts. However between when I originally published this and now the FreeBSD handbook has come out with a page explicitly describing how to accomplish this task (Linked here for your… Read More »
I’m in the process of recovering content. I was hit as a part of BitVPS’s falling apart. I’ve recoverd my backups but unfortunately my backups are a little old. –mwguy
In the wake of the BTCT closure news I will be shutting down MWGI.
Another HP-UX tip here. If you find yourself with a filling up /var you may want to check the mail directory on HP-UX. That’s the diagnosis for this fix. Sendmail on HP-UX isn’t the most stable thing running out there. It definitely wouldn’t be described as “Rock Solid.” So occasionally it will crash. But just… Read More »