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 February 2007 • Volume 16 • Number 2
Features
Monitoring Changes on Your Network over Time Using PBNJ • Joshua D. Abraham
Abraham provides an introduction to PBNJ, a suite of tools written in Perl that parses, correlates, and stores the information harvested from Nmap.
Dynamic Patching via State and Run-time Control • James Hartley
Hartley shows how to use state to control the operation of scripts and gain high-level control of system operation by dynamically altering system files during the execution of patching scripts.
Codysseus -- Κοδυσσευς:
A Geek Travesty by Erudil • Stephen B. Jenkins
Our storyteller relates the tale of the mighty Codysseus and his beautiful
and faithful wife, Perlelope.
Debugging in the Command Line with dbx • Arnaud Aubert
Aubert provides an introduction to the dbx debugger with
examples using POSIX threads to show how multi-threaded debugging can be done.
Xen Master is Yum • Faye Gibbins
Gibbins shows how to set up a
self-managed Xen cluster.
MLN -- Taking Virtual Machines to the Next Level • Kyrre Begnum and John Sechrest
The authors describe MLN, which provides systems
administrators with an easy and powerful tool for virtual
machine management.
Columns
Distributing Software Modules Using rsync • John Spurgeon and Ed Schaefer
The authors provide a shell script for distributing software packages.
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
Rich answers questions about ipfilter failure, a lost JBOD stripe,
and troubleshooting the orcallator process.
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