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Ubuntu Init scripts management

Ubuntu Init scripts management

How do I manage my startup scripts? You can do it in Many ways, manually or by using scripts or sysvconfig command. sysvconfig interface in console looks like this : I don’t find chkconfig command in Ubuntu/Debian. How do I add custom scripts to start up? Do I...

OpenSSH compromised on RHEL and Fedora?

Couple of weeks back few of Fedora servers have been compromised or there was a security breach. It has been confirmed by Fedora project leader via mailing list post. This security breach has compromised OpenSSH packages on Fedora distributions. The issue is being...
OpenMoko Emulation on Ubuntu

OpenMoko Emulation on Ubuntu

While I’m egar to test “OpenMoko” on my MotoMing A1200, I emulate  OpenMoko on my laptop to see how it really works while its on my phone. Here is the first screen of the emulator. You too can tryout this Automatic Emulation. Its quite...

GNU/Linux Habba v2 at Mysore

The most awaited event for Sampada technical team. We are all joining out hands together once again on 21st September for Gnu/Linux Habba v2. This time we are at “Mysore” Tentative Date: September 21st Venue: (Tentative) Dept. of Physics University of...

Richard Stallman on Hacking

What is hacking? Who is a hacker? What does he do? Where does it start from? Is he a bad guy? Why they called him bad? There are lots of such questions in every ones mind on “Hacking”. Hacking is nothing but fun for those who like to show off their...
WordPress Automatic upgrade

WordPress Automatic upgrade

We are lazy enough to take some trouble to get the software installations upgraded. SysAdmins always want something to automate checks, patch management etc. I was wondering if its possible to automate WordPress upgrades. Then I found this wonderful plugin called...