From Brent at greatcircle.com Thu Apr 7 15:56:34 2005 From: Brent at greatcircle.com (Brent Chapman) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 14:56:34 -0800 Subject: Network-Automation discussion mailing list created Message-ID: I've created a Network-Automation mailing list for discussions of issues related to automating network configuration and management, including (but not limited to) methods, mechanisms, techniques, philosophies, policies, and products. Since 1990 or so, much of the research in the system administration field has focused on automation. It's now well accepted that a well-run operation doesn't manage 10,000 servers individually, but rather uses tools like cfengine to manage definitions of those servers and then create instances of those servers as needed. In the networking world, though, most of us seem to be still manually configuring (and reconfiguring) every device. That's starting to change, though, and I've created the Network-Automation mailing list as a forum to help advance that change. See the list's web page for more information, to view archives, or to subscribe: http://www.greatcircle.com/network-automation I look forward to some interesting discussions there, and I hope you'll join us! -Brent -- Brent Chapman -- Great Circle Associates, Inc. Specializing in network infrastructure for Silicon Valley since 1989 For info about us and our services, please see http://www.greatcircle.com/ Network Automation blog: http://www.greatcircle.com/blog/network_automation From dannyman at toldme.com Thu Apr 7 15:47:03 2005 From: dannyman at toldme.com (Danny Howard) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:47:03 -0500 Subject: One SysAdmin's BSD Blog In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20050407224703.GD44253@ratchet.nebcorp.com> Hello, Not nearly as impressive as Brent's efforts, but when I learn something technical that I think someone else might want to know, I try to post it to my own blog. I have recently re-categorized my more technical postings, so if anyone is a BSD admin who makes use of an aggregator, you might benefit by adding this URL: http://dannyman.toldme.com/category/technical/freebsd/feed/ Or, if you are a human being, and just want to take a peek: http://dannyman.toldme.com/category/technical/freebsd/ I don't know how many other SAs out there are stowing nuggets on blogs, but if you are, I, and perhaps others, wouldn't mind hearing about your own sites. Thank you all for your time. Sincerely, -danny -- http://dannyman.toldme.com/ From mark at bitshift.org Tue Apr 19 18:51:26 2005 From: mark at bitshift.org (Mark C. Langston) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:51:26 -0700 Subject: Make: party Message-ID: <20050420015126.GA24971@bitshift.org> On Saturday, May 21, I am planning to host a Make: party at our humble abode in Santa Clara, CA. The theme and driving force of the gathering is the same as that behind the new O'Reilly Make: "mooks": Nifty hardware hacks that you're willing to share with the world. In keeping with the spirit of similar efforts such as Len Sassaman's CodeCon, there are a few requirements for attending: 1) You must have a working personal hack to exhibit, be it a nifty adaptation of existing hardware, some combo of hardware and software, an implant, a third eye, second head, or so on. It must be tangible. The audience should be able to fondle your creation. 2) You must be willing and prepared to share with attendees the history of its creation, and instructions for replicating your work. This can be as simple as a URL or as complicated as handing out CDs or DVDs with the necessary data. 3) You must refrain from burning down our house or blowing our circuit breaker. Believe it or not, I ran this past the fine folks at O'Reilly, and they're willing to stand behind this party. They will be contributing an unknown quantity of unknown items to be distributed to the attendees. In fact, I believe you may hear more about home Make: parties, as I think I just started a trend they're going to attempt to nurture, up to and including a Make: conference later in the year. So, you want to come. What do you have to do? Email me and let me know you're interested. Describe your hack. Point me towards resources that demonstrate you're not a complete crackpot, but actually have something viable, or will have by the date of the party. Space is limited (we've got a fairly roomy place, but it's not THAT roomy), and submissions will be first-come, first-served. The earlier you submit, the more likely you'll be able to attend. We will provide snacks and beverages for the attendees. Consider this a hackish salon. Or a salon full of hacks. There may or may not be members of the (legitimate or otherwise) press present (if anyone knows Xeni and can convince her to make an appearance, I won't complain. Particularly if she can drag something/one from SRL along with her). But you can be sure that everyone attending is also presenting. No hack is too small, but if the snicker factor's too high, we may ask for something a bit more substantial. Please respond if interested. -- mcl -- mcl From rsr at inorganic.org Tue Apr 19 21:41:25 2005 From: rsr at inorganic.org (Roy S. Rapoport) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:41:25 -0700 Subject: Make: party In-Reply-To: <20050420015126.GA24971@bitshift.org> References: <20050420015126.GA24971@bitshift.org> Message-ID: <20050420044125.GA16505@puppy.inorganic.org> On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 06:51:26PM -0700, Mark C. Langston wrote: > On Saturday, May 21, I am planning to host a Make: party at our humble > abode in Santa Clara, CA. Weird coincidence! On Saturday, May 21st, I was planning to host a SCons party! :) -roy From rick at linuxmafia.com Wed Apr 20 22:59:40 2005 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:59:40 -0700 Subject: BayLISA monthly meeting: Regular Expressions Message-ID: <20050421055940.GJ21692@linuxmafia.com> Date: Thursday, 21 April 2005 Where: Apple Computer, Town Hall Building, upstairs meeting room http://www.baylisa.org/locations/current.html 7:30 pm Introductions and announcements 8:00 pm Formal presentation 9:45 pm After-meeting dinner/social outing (BJ's, next door) William Ward will present on "Regular Expressions". Also, William Fuller of MonoSphere will do a brief presentation on "Data Migration in Tiered Storage Environments". Full abstract online: http://www.baylisa.org/events/ _______________________________________________ baylisa mailing list: baylisa at baylisa.org rsvp for meeting: rsvp at baylisa.org baylisa board (request to sponsor or present): blw at baylisa.org From danielle at usenix.org Thu Apr 21 09:35:51 2005 From: danielle at usenix.org (Danielle Young) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:35:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Call for Papers LISA'05 Message-ID: <200504211635.j3LGZpL9016916@voyager.usenix.org> -------------------------------------------------------------------- Call For Papers LISA '05: 19th Large Installation System Administration Conference December 4-9, 2005, San Diego, CA, USA http://www.usenix.org/lisa05/cfpa Submissions Deadline: May 10, 2005 Sponsored by USENIX and SAGE -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleague The LISA '05 organizers invite you to contribute proposals for refereed papers, invited talks, and workshops, plus any ideas you have Guru Is In sessions, Work-in-Progress reports, and training sessions. The Call for Participation with submission guidelines and sample topics can be found on the USENIX Web site at http://www.usenix.org/lisa05/cfpa The annual LISA conference is the meeting place of choice for system, network, security, and other computing administrators. Administrators of all specialties and levels of expertise meet at LISA to exchange ideas, sharpen skills, learn new techniques, debate current issues, and meet colleagues and friends. People representing every work assignment from the full-time position at a large site to the part-time one at a small shop come to LISA from over 30 countries, bringing divergent backgrounds and experience levels to the conference dedicated to them. System and network administrators from environments as diverse as academia, large corporations and small businesses, government organizations, and research sites find LISA to be The Place to go for training, education, networking, and interacting with their peers. The conference's diverse group of participants is matched by an equally broad spectrum of activities: * Training sessions for both beginners and experienced attendees cover many administrative topics ranging from basic administrative procedures to using cutting-edge technologies. * Technical sessions present the latest developments and ideas related to system and network administration. * Invited talks and panels discuss important and timely topics and often spark lively debates and conversation. * Work-in-progress reports (WiPs) provide brief peeks at next year's innovations. GET INVOLVED! * Submit a draft paper or extended abstract proposal for a refereed paper. * Suggest an invited talk speaker or a panel discussion topic. * Share your experience by leading a Guru Is In session. * Propose a training session topic. * Organize or suggest a Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) session. * Email an idea to the chair: lisa05chair at usenix.org ------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES Submissions due: May 10, 2005 Notification to authors: June 2005 Final papers due: September 27, 2005 Submission guidelines and more information can be found at http://www.usenix.org/lisa05/cfpa Sponsored by USENIX and SAGE ------------------------------------------------------------- We look forward to hearing from you! On behalf of the LISA '05 Program Committee, David N. Blank-Edelman, Northeastern University CCIS lisa05chair at usenix.org From bill at thecrookes.com Fri Apr 22 11:46:55 2005 From: bill at thecrookes.com (Bill Crooke) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:46:55 -0700 Subject: Peninsula Linux Users' Group, Thursday, Apr 28, 2005 Message-ID: <4269469F.1040506@thecrookes.com> Note: For any BayLISA members that missed the meeting last night, Bill Ward will be repeating his presentation for PenLUG, and you are all welcome to attend. For details see below. Peninsula Linux Users' Group, Thursday, Apr 28, 2005 We have a meeting of the Peninsula Linux Users' Group (PenLUG) next week! Here are the details about next meeting. For more information or directions go to http://www.penlug.org/ Our website is a TWiki; please feel free to create a user account and modify the website if you have something to contribute. Date: Thursday, Apr 28, 2005 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM Location: 100 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Room 104 Agenda: ======= 7:00 - 8:30 PM: Presentation by William Ward: "Regular Expressions" 8:30 - 9:00 PM: Members' Minutes 8:45 - 9:00 PM: Adjourn to IHOP (Belmont) for social & food time Presentation by William Ward: "Regular Expressions" ====================================================== Whether running a simple grep command or writing a big Perl program, a thorough understanding of regular expressions is an essential skill for any system administrator. The talk will describe the history, syntax, and best practices for regular expressions; how a well-written regular expression can dramatically improve the speed of pattern matching; and give tips for using regular expressions in Perl programs. William Ward has been managing Unix and Linux computers since 1990. He has been programming Perl since 1993 and teaching Perl since 1999 at De Anza College and through his company, Bay View Training. He is also a member of two Toastmasters clubs, including ProToasties, a club for professional speakers, and received the Competent Toastmaster award in 2004. William is also the President of PenLUG. Members' Minutes ================ Members will have an opportunity to take a few minutes to... * Describe their latest Linux discovery * Ask questions and get help from other members * Discuss Linux projects You can just stand up and talk, or give a short demo or presentation. If you need audio/visual support for your Members' Minute, please contact me in advance to arrange for your needs. We have a limited number of books courtesy of Prentice-Hall and O'Reilly to give away as an added inducement to participate in this portion of the meeting. :-) RSVP ==== Although it is NOT required, we like to have an idea of how many people to expect, so if possible please email rsvp at penlug.org if you are planning to attend. Bill Crooke PenLUG Speaker Coordinator From sigje at sigje.org Fri Apr 22 12:08:16 2005 From: sigje at sigje.org (Jennifer Davis) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:08:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Solaris OS 10 Bootcamp Message-ID: I talked to Elaine Helper about forwarding this on to BayLISA, but if you want to learn more about Solaris 10, this might be a good opportunity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOLARIS 10 BOOT CAMP Presented by: Sun Microsystems, Inc. DATE: May 19, 2005 LOCATION: San Francisco Marriott 55 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94013 ROOM: Yerba Buena Ballroom Salons 10-15 TIME: 8:30 AM - 1:45 PM (*) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live for an interactive, half-day session to learn more about the mind-blowing new technologies in the Solaris 10 OS--a Boot Camp designed by Jim Mauro, author of the book SOLARIS INTERNALS. Learn about the powerful new features in Solaris 10 OS that are helping enterprises and education institutions reduce costs and complexity, while minimizing business risk. Sun's Solaris 10 OS is a reflection of our continued commitment to innovation, with new functionality enabling organizations to optimize system utilization levels, deliver extreme performance, consolidate the number of servers needed to run their enterprise and provide unparalleled security.all with relentless, around-the-clock availability. Experience the powerful new features in Solaris 10, and how they can reduce cost-of-ownership by simplifying the tasks, such as service monitoring and management, system performance and behavior analysis, application and system tuning. We will show you what the magic of Dynamic Tracing (Dtrace) can do for your applications and show you how to run multi-tier applications on one box using N1 Grid Containers. *********************************************************************************** REGISTER AT: https://www.suneventreg.com//cgi-bin/register.pl?EventID=491 *********************************************************************************** Agenda: 8:30 AM To 9:00 AM Registration/Continental Breakfast 9:00 AM To 9:10 AM Welcome & Introductions 9:10 AM To 10:30 AM Sun's Operating System Strategy/Solaris 10 10:30 AM To 11:00 AM DTRACE Overview & Demo 11:00 AM To 11:15 AM Break 11:15 AM To 11:45 AM Solaris Containers Overview & Demo 11:45 AM To 12:30 PM Lunch 12:30 PM To 1:00 PM Predictive Self Healing (SMF & FMA) 1:30 PM To 1:45 PM Q&A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We hope you enlist in the Solaris 10 OS Boot Camp.helping your organization on its way to a much simpler, less costly and more efficient technology infrastructure. Solaris 10 OS meeting your needs today, while also reducing your TCO. From rsr at inorganic.org Fri Apr 22 12:46:50 2005 From: rsr at inorganic.org (Roy S. Rapoport) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:46:50 -0700 Subject: Solaris OS 10 Bootcamp Message-ID: <20050422194650.GB3192@puppy.inorganic.org> On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 12:08:16PM -0700, Jennifer Davis wrote: > I talked to Elaine Helper about forwarding this on to BayLISA, but if you > want to learn more about Solaris 10, this might be a good opportunity. A coworker and I attended the April bootcamp in Sunnyvale. A few words about that experience: If you're interested in Solaris 10, you should attend. It's definitely useful and eye-opening, and the food they served wasn't half-bad either. It's worth noting, however, that Sun's use of "bootcamp" and "interactive" is ... non-standard. Get ready for half a day of listening to some interesting people talk about Solaris 10 and actually demonstrating some neat features. Do *not* get ready to, say, actually play with hardware or software, unless you bring your own :). -roy From pmm at igtc.com Fri Apr 22 20:27:56 2005 From: pmm at igtc.com (Paul M. Moriarty) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 20:27:56 -0700 Subject: Google Adsense Message-ID: <20050423032755.GY25697@igtc.igtc.com> Anybody out there familiar with Google Adsense? I'm trying to figure out just what it pays per click. From what I've found, it appears to be a state secret, or am I overlooking something obvious? If you can help me out, please follow up in private email and I'll summarize if there is sufficient interest. Thanks! - Paul - From daphne at cmu.edu Sat Apr 23 15:58:25 2005 From: daphne at cmu.edu (Daphne Won) Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 15:58:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Request: Need input from users of CMDB systems Message-ID: <2384.67.188.151.136.1114297105.squirrel@67.188.151.136> [Redirected to baylisa@ by postmaster.] Hello - my name is Daphne Won and I was referred by Amol Kabe to this forum and your email address. Can you forward the email below to the members of the the BAYLISA group? thanks, Dapjme --- Hello All, My name is Daphne Won. I am a student at Carnegie Mellon University (west coast campus) in the Management of Software Development (MSSD) graduate program. We are currently on a project to build an open source asset management / configuration management software (CMDB) that can support many types of company assets (hardware, software, etc). I am looking for Bay Area users who I can sit with to discuss requirements for this type of system and who have experience with other CMDB software today. We would appreciate any help you can provide. My contact information is: daphne at cmu.edu and 650-862-8123. thanks, Daphne From david at catwhisker.org Sun Apr 24 10:34:11 2005 From: david at catwhisker.org (David Wolfskill) Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:34:11 -0700 Subject: Mailman resources? Need to deal with a Mailman DoS Message-ID: <20050424173411.GW60995@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Sorry for the vague Subject.... I'm having a challenge with a Mailman installation where -- judging from the available evidence -- it looks as if someone who doesn't have enough chores to do is submitting forged bounce-o-grams. Mailman is apparently processing the forged bounce-o-grams as if they were legitimate, causing certain targeted individuals to become unsubscribed to certain mailing lists. Ideally, I'd like to make Mailman clever enough to ignore forged bounce-o-grams, but I suspect that given the variety of types of bounce-o-grams, that could be challenging -- especially since I don't know Python, don't have any books on it, and don't have a budget for buying books. Further, I have little clue as to the "flow" of things in Mailman. As a backup for making Mailman cleverer, I thought that it might be useful to provide a file that could contain email addresses (one/line, to make parsing easier); if an address is found in the file, bounces for the address should be ignored. Unfortunately, I need to be fairly careful about any changes I make, as the installation in question is fairly high volume; while it is not a money-making venture, it is fairly high visibility. I solicit suggestions for resources to help me figure out how to cope. Thanks, david -- David H. Wolfskill david at catwhisker.org There is a place in software engineering for an appreciation of history. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for public key. From strata at virtual.net Mon Apr 25 15:39:26 2005 From: strata at virtual.net (Strata R. Chalup) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:39:26 -0700 Subject: Google Adsense In-Reply-To: <20050423032755.GY25697@igtc.igtc.com> References: <20050423032755.GY25697@igtc.igtc.com> Message-ID: <426D719E.4040702@virtual.net> I know not, and would like to know. :-) Brent Chapman serves some Google ads on his Majordomo and Firewalls book pages, he might be willing to share info. cheers, Strata Paul M. Moriarty wrote: > Anybody out there familiar with Google Adsense? I'm trying to figure > out just what it pays per click. From what I've found, it appears to be a > state secret, or am I overlooking something obvious? > > If you can help me out, please follow up in private email and I'll summarize if there is sufficient interest. > > Thanks! > > - Paul - > -- ======================================================================== Strata Rose Chalup [KF6NBZ] strata "@" virtual.net VirtualNet Consulting http://www.virtual.net/ ** Project Management & Architecture for ISP/ASP Systems Integration ** ========================================================================= From pmm at igtc.com Mon Apr 25 19:30:25 2005 From: pmm at igtc.com (Paul M. Moriarty) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:30:25 -0700 Subject: Summary: Google Adsense Message-ID: <20050426023025.GM25697@igtc.igtc.com> Thanks to all who replied. I was looking for info on Adsense, where you are the publisher of other's ads, not Adwords, where you are the buyer of advertising. The short story on how payout works is, "It's a secret." The story from people using it is that it pays well. Thanks again everybody! - Paul -