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Articles in the misc category

1. Ensuring system updates are actually in use

   I keep my machines all patched with the latest updates from security.debian.org. But sometimes, a simple apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade is not enough, particularly when system libraries are being upgraded (e.g. the latest openssl vulnerability, DSA 1173). In this situation, running processes could have loaded copies of …

2. Where does one report bugs in backports?

   initramfs-tools 0.77b\~bpo.1 arrived in sarge-backports recently. It appears to Depend: on klibc-utils (>= 1.4.19-2), but should probably depend on klibc-utils (>= 1.4.19-2\~bpo.1) instead, since it's otherwise uninstallable on a sarge/sarge-backports system.

   Who should i report this problem to? it seems like filing …

3. Methods for testing Linux Software RAID?

   I have several machines with software RAID (both RAID1 and RAID5 configurations), with fairly modern kernels. I want to test the RAID before anything bad happens to the machines for real. What methods do you use to test software RAID on your servers? How do you verify that the kernel …

4. debian testing security Release.gpg broken?

   When i did an apt-get update on a mixed etch/sid system last night (and again this morning), i got a couple errors:

   [0 root@squeak ~]# apt-get update ... Get:3 http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg                    ...Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release                         Err http://security …

5. looking for a STARTTLS-capable MANAGESIEVE client

   I've got a mailserver running a lightly-patched cyrus21, based on debian sarge.

   The mailserver runs (among other things) timsieved, and all connections are STARTTLS-capable (and enforced). But i'm having trouble finding a useful client that can talk to it properly.

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6. looking at process activity on servers

   The following is just a simple combination of tools that is probably fairly unremarkable. However, i hope some people will find it useful.

   top is good at what it does (showing active processes), but the way the processes jump around in the listings and the way that the process lineage …

7. HFS+ recovery under linux?

   I don't only administer debian (or even debian-based) systems, unfortunately. i'm trying to deal with an HFS+ volume that Mac OSX (10.3) appears to have trashed. I'd appreciate any suggestions or advice people might have. It looks like the table of contents (or something similar) have been scribbled over …

8. Font creation

   i just used a set of tools from debian to create a new font based on my handwriting. i'm providing the font as a ttf file, and as a .deb package.

   links and more details can be found on my blog.

   Tags: font

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