Systems Administration Problem Solvers

Month: March 2010

  • Common CentOS Run levels

    Common services and their run levels for auto start httpd: chkconfig –level 234 httpd on named: chkconfig –levels 35 named on vsftpd: chkconfig –level 234 vsftpd on -level 234 is fairly common

  • CentOS: Alias IP Ranges

    cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts Quick and easy range of ips: Add this file: ifcfg-eth0-range0 Contents: IPADDR_START= 11.xxx.xxx.xxx IPADDR_END= 11.xxx.xxx.xxx CLONENUM_START=0 If you want to add another range: Add this file: ifcfg-eth0-range1 IPADDR_START=10.xxx.xxx.xxx IPADDR_END=10.xxx.xxx.xxx CLONENUM_START=11 Pay close attention to CLONENUM_START. In the second range it must be a number higher than the amount of IPs adding in range0. […]

  • Best Exterior Paint For Florida

    If you are reading this then you know how quickly paint is eaten up on the West facing side of your home. My house is two years old, was painted with semi-gloss “high quality” Coronado paint, and it is ready to be painted. Update 11/20/12:   Since the above post I have painted my house with […]