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Installing SNMPD (with remote access) on Debian 5/Lenny

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Today we’re installing snmpd so that we can query our debian server from another remote server that will use snmp in alert scripts and pretty graphing software. Snmpd installation is a little obtuse so here is how to do the

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Fixing binary merge conflicts in git

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Git is an awesome tool for managing your code. However, it does take a while to get used to doing things in git. One question I get asked a bit too often is “how do I resolve binary merge conflicts”?

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Searching compressed Apache logs

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From time to time things tend to go wrong and systems tend to go crazy. Sometimes these errors are more of nuisance than anything else, an intermittent annoyance you’d prefer not to investigate — trawling through logs is a pain in

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Rubber hose attacks!

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Awesome! Hot linked from xkcd. Also, checkout wikipedia for more details on what the Russians do and how public key cryptography could get you killed or landed in jail (if you live in the uk).

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