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MUUG Meeting, Feb 13, 7:30pm -- Syslog to a Database
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 06 Feb '07

06 Feb '07

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 13. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Syslog to a Database Kevin McGregor had a common problem: He could generate lots of interesting system logging data and direct it to a common logging system to be recorded, but he wanted to perform more sophisticated analysis than could be done with text files and grep. Also, managing log rotations and old data was a concern, as was automatic report generation for management. This month, Kevin will explain how he put together the combination of syslog-ng and PostgreSQL to solve this problem. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required to show photo ID at the security desk. Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $3.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Also note that MUUG maintains two mailing lists, called "muug-announce" and "roundtable". If you're not already on these lists, we encourage you to subscribe now: http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/ The "muug-announce" list is used for monthly meeting announcements (such as this one) as well as other important announcements of interest to MUUG members. The "rountable" list is meant to be a forum for follow-ups to topics discussed at the meetings, or for round-table-style discussion on other topics that come up between meetings. Of course, for this to be effective, we need to reach a certain critical mass. So, please subscribe, and stay involved! -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Linux courses
by Kevin McGregor 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

Does anyone know of any Linux intro/administration courses (1 to 3 days long) being offered locally?

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Scripting question
by Kevin McGregor 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

I have this script: #!/bin/bash if [ -e /var/run/pgsql.pipe ]; then while [ -e /var/run/pgsql.pipe ] do psql -q -h padsysdb -U sysloguser syslog </var/run/pgsql.pipe done fi ...running on a Ubuntu Linux server. It's clearly very simple; it just keeps checking the named pipe /var/run/pgsql.pipe and sending the contents to the psql command, which interprets the input as a SQL command and executes it accordingly. My question is, given that I want this loop to execute (a) from server startup (b) indefinitely and without interruption, how do I reasonably ensure (a) and (b)? More specifically, where do I stick this (or an equivalent) in the startup scripts on Ubuntu, and is there a good automated way to make sure it keeps going? I really don't want to lose any of my database input. It's a fairly critical system, and I'd like to make this pretty robust. Kevin

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Fwd: Winnipeg Area VMware User Group Meeting
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

Just passing this along, in case any of you are interested... Gilbert -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Winnipeg Area VMware User Group Meeting Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:42:50 -0800 From: The VMware Team <do-not-reply(a)act.vmware.com> Winnipeg Area VMware User Group Meeting Invitation Join us for the upcoming Winnipeg Area VMware User Group meeting *Date:* February 8, 2007 *Time:* 5:30pm - 7:30pm *Location:* Balmoral Hall School 630 Westminster Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3C 3S1 *Note:* Parking available on-site. All guests are required to sign in. *REGISTER NOW! <http://www.vmware.com/vmug>* *Agenda:* - Greetings and Introductions - Round-Table: How do you use VMware in your Organization? - Dinner - Discussion by Jamie Turner of VMware: What are virtual appliances? - Closing Comments *For more information contact: * Carlos James Tel: (204) 784-1647 Email: cjames(a)balmoralhall.com *VMware, Inc. 3145 Porter Drive Palo Alto CA 94304 USA Tel 650-475-5000* Copyright © 2007 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc. Thank you for registering with VMware. Any information that you provide to VMware will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy <http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/privacy.html>. To manage your VMware subscription, please visit VMware Subscriptions <http://info.vmware.com/forms/Profile>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message was sent by VMware using Responsys Interact <http://www.responsys.com/rsvp.asp>.

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Page Layout
by Michael Doob 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

If you are familiar with LaTeX, the program pdflatex (included with every standard distribution) will give you a pdfile in one step. Cheers, Michael -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Doob Telephone: (204) 474-9796 Department of Mathematics Fax: (204) 474-7606 University of Manitoba email: Michael_Doob(a)umanitoba.ca Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2 ------------------------------------------------------------------

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Encrypting a filesystem
by Kevin McGregor 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

Does anyone have any pointers on how to set up a server which will encrypt, say, the /home filesystem (~300 GB)? I'm open to any Linux or *BSD solution. Don't make me resort to using Windows! :-)

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Encrypting a filesystem
by Kevin McGregor 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Does anyone have any pointers on how to set up a server which will encrypt, say, the /home filesystem (~300 GB)? I'm open to any Linux or *BSD solution. Don't make me resort to using Windows! :-)

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Ruby on Rails 1.2 release...
by Montana Quiring 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Hello, I think Bill was talking about Ruby on Rails at the last MUUG. They've release a new version, 1.2. [quote] We're talking mime types, HTTP status codes, and multiple representations of the same resource serious. And of course there's the international pizzazz of multibyte-safe UTF-8 wrangling. That's just some of the headliner features. On top of that, there's an absolutely staggering amount of polish being dished out. The CHANGELOG for Action Pack alone contains some two hundred entries. Active Record has another 170-something on top of that. [/quote] I was also talking to him about a Perl web application framework called Bigtop that I'm considering playing around with: http://www.usegantry.org/ [quote] Bigtop is a code generator which can safely regenerate as thing change (like the data model). The bigtop script reads a Bigtop file to produce apps [/quote]

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Hobbes' Internet Timeline - the definitive ARPAnet & Internet history
by Bill Reid 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

Had not seen this timeline before. I found it quite interesting so I thought I would pass it along. http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/ -- Bill

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Solaris in Winnipeg
by Shawn Wallbridge 13 Jan '07

13 Jan '07

Sun has an interesting Google Maps page showing Solaris installs that use their auto update feature. Here is Winnipeg... http://sysnet.sunwarp.net/maps/? lat=49.87184882890924&lng=-97.13459014892578&zoom=12&mtype=Sat or http://shorterlink.org/1536 shawn

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