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Job opportunity
by Andy Stewart May 9, 2005

May 9, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI all, This job opportunity is in Acton, MA. If interested, please contact the recruiter (Peter Hayward) directly. Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: PLIP presentation Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 12:00:33 -0400 From: Peter Hayward <phayward(a)virtualiron.com> To: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Here's the second. Please include contacting me at phayward(a)virtualiron.com <mailto:phayward@virtualiron.com> 508-523-2205 Senior Software Engineer - Linux Kernel Development *Job Description* We are seeking a senior-level software engineer to join our Linux kernel development team. This is a great opportunity to have an exciting career in a fast paced Linux kernel development environment. We are a focused, energetic startup company, founded by industry veterans where working hard, having fun and building a great company are important. *Responsibilities* ? Design and develop software within our Linux kernel development team. ? Apply engineering, programming, and scientific principles to highly complex technical tasks and problems. *Requirements* ? BSCS or BSEE, or equivalent ? Minimum of 3 years of OS kernel development experience. ? Specific development experience in memory management, or drivers/IO strong desired. ? Ability to work in a team-oriented environment. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Andy Stewart [mailto:andystewart@comcast.net] *Sent:* Thu 5/5/2005 5:50 PM *To:* Peter Hayward *Subject:* Re: PLIP presentation Peter Hayward wrote: > I was recently playing around looking for Linux Kernel engineers and > found your .org and was curious if I could post our jobs on your site > for Virtual Iron. > Hi Peter, If you send the item to me, I'll post it for you as appropriate. Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCf1PKHl0iXDssISsRAv7ZAJ0SZOZu8CzRPjH1yVGJk9IZMG9VigCfZJWd 0mGsZKoVR0yeGUoNiXYRBbs= =Ou+f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SOHO LAN & Multiuser Desktops
by Bob George May 2, 2005

May 2, 2005

I'm successfully using NIS+NFS for a small SOHO LAN serving 4 desktops, a server and printer, plus associated networking. I'm wondering, though, if there's an easier approach to configuring a "Windows replacement" multi-user setup. I do have printing, file sharing and "roaming profiles" working fine, but it's a bit cumbersome so far. Is anyone working with an approach that might be simpler... particularly one well integrated into an existing desktop distribution? - Bob

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gnome-terminal/mutt question & solution
by Bill Mills-Curran May 1, 2005

May 1, 2005

Ok, this is going to read more like a detective novel... :-) I'm using mutt in a gnome-terminal on fedora core 3, and I'm up to date (within a week) with updates. I find that, with the defaults, the terminal does not refresh when it needs to. A ctrl-L repaints the window just fine. I did (just now!) find a fix... Right clicking on the terminal -> Input methods and select "X input method"... Everything works fine, except this setting is not persistent. The setting affects all gnome terminals and new ones opened. However, if I first close all terminals and start a new one, the setting is lost. So, how to make the fix stick? I have no idea, but I did find this info on the subject: http://www.webservertalk.com/archive204-2004-9-379265.html This gives a link to a new terminfo file which you can use to fix the problem, and a nice way to install it without editing the distro-supplied file. Thus far it works fine. Bill

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fedora 1
by Jerome Walczak April 28, 2005

April 28, 2005

Fedora 1 - Realtek card (swapped out the MN-130) - dualboot with Win ME - and working like a charm:) It's so much faster cleaner and better than the old Windows that I wish I could get rid of Win entirely but I know if I do somebody'll complain so it stays. Now - what're good security measures for a public internet terminal (which is basically what it is)? I already have the firewall set at a high level, but what should I do beyond that? Do I need to setup some form of antivirus protection? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005

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Caching DNS
by Chuck Noyes April 26, 2005

April 26, 2005

Hi All, I just installed a caching DNS server at work on a SuSE 9.2 server. It works great. My question is how can I view the contents of the cache? I've "googled" around and looked at the HOWTO docs, but no joy. Thanks, -Chuck

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[OT] Python Jobs
by Jeff Kinz April 25, 2005

April 25, 2005

As some of you may already know I was at Dragon Systems in the mid 90's porting their speech recognition product to the Alpha platform (under NT :( ). The (then) director of software development just posted this to the Exdragons list. > On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 09:50:34AM -0400, Sean True wrote: > > Roger Matus and I wanted to let the exDragon community know that we > > are off and running on our new company, InBoxer, Inc. InBoxer is the > > successor to Audiotrieve, LLC and was created to allow us to focus on > > technologies and products for electronic message filtering. > > Although we will continue to sell our current product, the InBoxer > > spam filter, the investors want us to to build products to help keep > > people from sending inappropriate email messages (think of it as an > > harassment and liability checker that runs before the message leaves > > your machine). > > We are starting to look for technical people: research engineering > > skills, Windows application development, server development, or > > Python experience are particularly interesting. > Hi Sean, > Would you like this passed on to the main Linux groups for MA and NH? > And is any of your development done on Linux or UNIX? In my heart, I would like to do it all on Linux. All shipped code will be on Windows for the foreseeable future. Since it will all be in Python, most of it will be pretty crossplatform. Please pass this along with that caveat. -- Sean Sean True CTO InBoxer, Inc. send replies to: "Sean True" <seant(a)webreply.com> Personal notes: Sean lead software at Dragon during the period of time that their new continuous speech recognition (CSR) product was developed. That product, "Dragon Naturally speaking" is still considered the best "CSR" on the market today. (it is now owned by "ScanSoft") Managing large groups of software developers is never an easy task. At Dragon Sean was an excellent leader who took care of his people. He understands software development from both the developers and business needs perspectives. Full Disclosure: I have no relationship with Sean's company, financial or otherwise. I'm posting this because I believe it will be a good place to work. (even if it is (currently) windows oriented :). -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.

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New problem! FC3 install
by Jerome Walczak April 25, 2005

April 25, 2005

Jared & everyone - thanks for all your help & advice, I'm going to try Ubuntu I think if I can't get FC 3 to work out. The problem I'm having now is with the FC 3 install. I burned the four cd's and upgraded my old box & everything went fine, a bit slow but fine (install took about an hour). Now I boot up for the first time and as soon as it hits kudzu and checks for newly installed equipment the monitor goes to vertical colored lines. I read that this can be fixed by editing the xorg.conf (or something like that) file & setting everything to defaults & that the issue is basically with the monitor being set at too high a resolution but how do I do that? Anger Is A Gift. -----Original Message----- From: Jared Greenwald [mailto:greenwaldjared@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 2:43 AM To: Jerome Walczak Subject: Re: [Wlug] FW: MN-130? That depends on how you characterize "easier to work with"... If you mean - easier to install - you might want to try ubuntu linux (http://ubuntulinux.org) If you mean - easier package management - you might want Gentoo. I have to say that I'm rather biased towards Gentoo - purely because I used it in most of my systems that don't have to be Redhat/Fedora/Suse. (I work for a major software house and our main product is supported on the various Redhat and Suse streams so I have to have some systems running those OSes.) All of my home network servers, and both my home and office desktops are both Gentoo (I'm also currently building a mythtv box - http://mythtv.org - and that's Gentoo also). The biggest thing with Gentoo is that you compile everything - so when a new version of KDE comes out - you compile the whole thing - but you don't actually sit there and run make. The thing that I like the most is that the package management is really good. Everything is designed to pull the source kits (and any patches) directly from the project webpage for a given project. You just tell the install tools that you want to install or upgrade a package and it figures out all of the appropriate dependencies for your system (depending on what you already have installed and some configuration params) then it starts downloading source and building things automagically. Also, since you are building the system up from scratch (there is no gui installer or anything - all command-line) you get to decide exactly what is on your system and exactly how it gets setup. There's about 100 core packages (including kernel source, system logger, cron, etc...) but that doesn't include X or any of those things - which is nice for server installations. I've found that the Fedora installer hides too much for installing servers - for desktops its not really all that clear either. Ubuntu hides everything, but you go into it knowing that and it actually figures out what type of installation its doing (laptop/desktop). I had that on my laptop for a while and it ran really well - there's not much package selection there - its more a pre-canned set of binaries depending on your system type (it even knew to download the gnome battery applet for monitoring my laptop battery). So, now that I've sufficiently confused you... did that help at all? Keep in mind that I wrote this at 2:45A - so it might be a little incoherent and rambling... Let me know whatever questions you have and I'll try to answer them... -Jarred -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005

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FW: MN-130?
by Jerome Walczak April 23, 2005

April 23, 2005

OK here we go - I'm a Linux newbie &'ve used Mandrake in the past occasionally but that's about it. I've installed Fedora 1 on an old computer at work but it has an MN-130 network card & the system isn't recognizing that it's there. According to a couple articles I've checked I need to edit the Tulip driver (tulip_core.c) & add a line of code at line 201. I did this and then checked the dependencies & typed modules_install & restarted the system & STILL the network card didn't show up. What am I doing wrong? Does anyone have any advice to get me out of this frustration? I'm very close to swapping out the card for another one that's more likely to work but I'd like to avoid that if possible ... Can anybody help? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.15 - Release Date: 4/16/2005

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Job opportunity
by Andy Stewart April 21, 2005

April 21, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If interested, please reply directly to Elizabeth Holland (eholland(a)agencourt.com) - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: job opportunity Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:48:22 -0400 From: Elizabeth Holland <eholland(a)agencourt.com> Reply-To: eholland(a)agencourt.com <eholland(a)agencourt.com> Organization: Agencourt Bioscience To: andystewart(a)comcast.net <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Andy I received your name from a web search for Linux users. We currently have a job opening some of your members may be interested it. If you could pass the below job around, I would appreciate it. Thanks Agencourt Bioscience Corporation, located in Beverly, Massachusetts, is a trusted provider of genomic services and nucleic acid purification products. We are dedicated to designing solutions for overcoming all of our clients' current and future discovery challenges. Agencourt is a dynamic and growing company that is committed to providing employees with a fast paced environment and a fun place to work. As a result of our significant growth, we have an immediate need for a *Research Programmer* * * The role of Programmer will be to support an in-house R&D effort to develop a new DNA sequencing technology. We seek a productive programmer who enjoys working in an academic style collaborative environment and meets the requirements listed below. BS or higher in Math, Science, or Engineering Proficiency in Linux Experience with most of the following: C/C++, VB, PERL, Python, Java, PHP, MySQL, MatLab/Mathematica Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter with salary requirements to hr(a)agencourt.com <mailto:hr@agencourt.com> . Job Code RSP - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCaBsWHl0iXDssISsRAouQAJ9NQdHoLtqLJ9Hh1IJEFXwfO/rTugCfQCB8 p3axC/FvG7HMpmCjHmPd33c= =zeO0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re-iterate my topic idea
by Mike Leo April 21, 2005

April 21, 2005

hi ya'll! After the utter silence from my last topic suggestion, you would think I wouldn't bring it up again, but... I have many very basic questions I would like to work through with you experts. Things like: kernel compiling/patching kernel-source vs kernel-headers frame buffers compiling software and USE flags lilo vs grub bootsplash WM/DE driver installs (NVidia/ATI) Again, I don't mind leading the discussion, but it would be boring as heck if I as the speaker just stood up there and asked questions and took notes as the audience did the talking. Thanks Mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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HOWTO DVD slides from March 2005 presentation
by Andy Stewart April 18, 2005

April 18, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, I have just posted the slides from last month's presentation about how to make DVDs with video content. I apologize for being a slowpoke about this. To find information about previous presentations, go to the WLUG home page, and scroll down to "Slides from Previous meetings" and click appropriately. Enjoy! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCYwvQHl0iXDssISsRAlU9AJ9MCUnlMHLcb5VAJhSoz3nQ0HjQWQCfR07o XK6Mg/AZ1WNyPBpIwFOt0tk= =pO17 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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REMINDER: Upcoming meeting
by Andy Stewart April 16, 2005

April 16, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everybody, There is a WLUG meeting coming up on Wednesday, April 20th, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. This meeting is open to anybody with an interest in Linux. I'm still looking for a speaker for this meeting. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact me ASAP. If we don't have a speaker, we'll have to find a way to amuse ourselves. :-) Volunteer speakers get free food after the meeting. I recently received a large package from the Netherlands. It contains 100 Ubuntu Linux CD sets (version 4.10 from November 2004) to give away. Bring home 5 - 10 of them for your friends - I'm not kidding! Check out http://www.ubuntulinux.org for more information. Each set contains 2 CDs - one is a live eval CD similar to Knoppix, while the other one is used to install Ubuntu on your system. Feel free to stop in just to get some CDs (but I hope you'll stay for the meeting!). Ubuntu is Debian based with Gnome as the default desktop. I'll also bring two books for the free raffle: Sendmail Milters by Bryan Costales and Marcia Flynt Published by Addison Wesley PHPH-Nuke Garage by Don Jones Published by Prentice Hall Well, that's about it. I'm hoping we get a speaker, and when we do, I'll send out an email to the group. See ya on Wednesday! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCYUy4Hl0iXDssISsRAgvnAJ0Qs2w7QsipfDVY02bOnx9fqcevGgCdG9zr 9sPpzie+0+uWCstQLf9Ue/g= =eEo0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: A OpenSSH question. --> Solution
by joel d April 13, 2005

April 13, 2005

Hi, First a hearty thank you to all that replied to my conundrum. Here is how I got past the problem of my (FreeBSD 5.3 Release) OpenSSH's "sshd" key errors, not loading at startup: 1) I had an incorrect line in /etc/rc.conf. One problem for me was an incorrect path to the program. The correct lines that mattered were: sshd_program=/usr/sbin/sshd sshd_enable="YES" 2) I also did not have correct keys generated for the sshd aplication. Based upon your helpful e-mails and the man pages I found the following worked just fine to create the SSHV2 dsa host key: ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key 3) Also, based upon recommendations I turned off DNS lookup by my sshd server in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. UseDNS no All is well here and my adventure helps someone else some day. Correcting these problems got my Putty and WinSCP connections down to around 2-3 seconds (from around 80-90 seconds). Thanks again for the excellent advice from WLUG, Joel Desrochers

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A OpenSSH question.
by joel d April 8, 2005

April 8, 2005

Hi, I am running into a problem trying to setup OpenSSH 3.6.1 on FreeBSD 5.3 release. I am connecting via clients (both ssh on BSD and WinSCP on Windows). I know this is not a FreeBSD group, but I bet someone else has run into this problem on a Unix-like platform. When I test the server with "sshd -ddd", I get an error back from the server which reads: debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key I have tried creating the above server key many times with no apparent luck. The clients connect to the server but the connect time is way over 60 seconds so I am bummed out. I have looked on the OpenSSH site and googled for it but have not found a workable solution. Any ideas would be appreciated, Thank you, Joel

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RE: Communication between HiTech and others
by albutler33＠netscape.net April 8, 2005

April 8, 2005

wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: >Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > >You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > >Subject: [Wlug] Communication between "HiTech" and anyone not in the club. >Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:06:31 -0400 >From: Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >WLUG members: > >There is one HiTech issue about which I am passionate and frustrated. >It is the lack of understanding in the Fitchburg Public School District >of the management efficiencies that are now "best practices"in the >commercial world. I am sure that the Fitchburg case is typical of most >Massachusetts public school districts. > >Our School Committee beats up on the Superintendent over the cost of >multiple Administrators. No one sees that this cost could be contained >if improvements were to be made in the architecture of their internal >network, the structures of their data bases and the training of their >administrators. > >Part of the problem is that the voting public does not understand >either. This is perfect opportunity for the commercial LINUX community >to garner some very good press. If Red Hat, for example, were to team >with the Fitchburg Public School District to implement places where >LINUX is a better answer than M$, it could get general media coverage >as well as Education publication notice. > >My observation is that little trust worthy technical information passes >between HiTech and those who manage our public schools. I would like to >work at bridging that communication gap. > >Ken Jones >kjones(a)ziplink.net > Ken, As a self-proclaimed Open Source advocate and up-and-coming consultant,let me know if there's anything I can do to help you bridge the gap. Al Butler Custom Linux Solutions > >Subject: [Wlug] [Fwd: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr.Software Engineer/UnixSystem & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings)] >Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:41:04 -0400 >From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > > >HI Everybody, > >If you have any interest in either of these job openings at Google, >please respond to todv(a)google.com, as noted below. > >Later, > >Andy > > > > >- -------- Original Message -------- >Subject: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software >Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings) >Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:13:53 -0700 >From: Tod Vanlandingham <todv(a)google.com> >To: <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > > > > >Andy, > > > > >I was curious if you would be open to distributing the 2 job >descriptions below to all of your UG members (via your site). I will >personally respond to each person that is interested in either opening. > >* * > >Thank you, > > > > >Tod Vanlandingham > >Recruiter > >Google > >(650) 253-4291 > >todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> > >* * > >* * > >* * > >* * > >* * > >*Company: Google * > >*Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* > >*Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * > >*Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* > >* * > >*Job Title: * > >* * > >*(Google) Linux Cluster Systems Administrator/Expert Scripter* > >*Positions based in Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland > >* > >*Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. > >Google's Cluster Operations team is looking for talented system >administrators to help administer Google's complex, proprietary >clustering technologies. Literally thousands of Linux servers power the >technology behind Google.com, and it's a real challenge to administer >these effectively. Google's Cluster Operations team needs seasoned >system administrators to automate complex tasks across a huge cluster. > >Responsibilities: > >* automation of tasks as much as possible through the development of >scripts and administration tools >* configuration of system and network parameters >* monitoring of system stability and performance >* ensuring 24x7 operation of our cluster >* comprehensive documentation of our procedures > >Requirements: > >* B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience >* 5+ years experience with Linux Systems Administration >*Deep understanding of networking i.e.: understanding of how to isolate, >diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery >components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar >with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking >devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load >balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a >service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. >tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output >of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, >and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and >their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level; >intimate knowledge of TCP/IP networking >* strong programming and scripting ability (Python, Perl, bash) >* excellent verbal and written skills >* outstanding customer service abilities > >Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> > > > > > > >Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >*Company: Google * > >*Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* > >*Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * > >*Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* > >* * > >* * > >*Job Title: * > >* * > >*(Google) Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, >Google.com (SRE)* > >* * > >*Positions based in Mountain View, CA and Dublin Ireland. * > >* * > >*Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. > >Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for >seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe >you've been coding for years, are bored with the old >design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some >faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer >who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering > >UNIX clusters. > > > > >We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join >the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything >involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of >traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from >monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are >aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this >mission critical environment. > >All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, >fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm >for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. >Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and >work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the >process. > > > > >Qualifications: > > > > >Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java, > >Perl, Python > > > > >Senior Level experience with UNIX system administration. > > > > >Strong understanding of networking; -Deep understanding of networking, >understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery >components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and >applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and >failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, >firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as >the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to >generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in >interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network >topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network >security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of >troubleshooting at the packet level. > > > > >Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user >systems. > > > > >In-depth knowledge of UNIX (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. >Proven technical troubleshooting experience. > >.Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong >sense of urgency. > > > > >Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. > > > > >6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, OR 3-8 years experience for > >SWE position. > > > > >BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. > > > > >Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> > > > > >Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland > > > > > > > > > > >Thank you, > > > > >Tod Vanlandingham >Google > >Talent Acquisition >(650) 253-4291 > >todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> > > > > ><http://www.google.com/> > >Media Coverage: > >http://www.google.com/press/press.html ><BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/press/press.html> >Corporate Overview: http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html ><BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html> >Top 10 Reasons to Work at Google: http://www.google.com/jobs/reasons.html > >Work Life Balance : http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/balance.html > >Looking for interesting work that matters to millions of people? >http://www.google.com/jobs/great-people-needed.html > > > > > > > > > > > > >- -- >Andy Stewart, Founder >Worcester Linux Users' Group >Worcester, MA, USA >http://www.wlug.org > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFCVnvfHl0iXDssISsRAg6zAJ9ctAIgxYaYGHHS7RVzTaFz+YBvPACffqfq >z6L151kbWzBPLSuFyr77So0= >=mwwr >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >Subject: Re: [Wlug] [Fwd: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr.Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 JobOpenings)] >Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 09:34:02 -0400 >From: Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared(a)gmail.com> >To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > >If only this was in the Northeast... > >On Apr 8, 2005 8:41 AM, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> HI Everybody, >> >> If you have any interest in either of these job openings at Google, >> please respond to todv(a)google.com, as noted below. >> >> Later, >> >> Andy >> >> - -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software >> Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings) >> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:13:53 -0700 >> From: Tod Vanlandingham <todv(a)google.com> >> To: <andystewart(a)comcast.net> >> >> Andy, >> >> I was curious if you would be open to distributing the 2 job >> descriptions below to all of your UG members (via your site). I will >> personally respond to each person that is interested in either opening. >> >> * * >> >> Thank you, >> >> Tod Vanlandingham >> >> Recruiter >> >> Google >> >> (650) 253-4291 >> >> todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> *Company: Google * >> >> *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* >> >> *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * >> >> *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* >> >> * * >> >> *Job Title: * >> >> * * >> >> *(Google) Linux Cluster Systems Administrator/Expert Scripter* >> >> *Positions based in Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland >> >> * >> >> *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. >> >> Google's Cluster Operations team is looking for talented system >> administrators to help administer Google's complex, proprietary >> clustering technologies. Literally thousands of Linux servers power the >> technology behind Google.com, and it's a real challenge to administer >> these effectively. Google's Cluster Operations team needs seasoned >> system administrators to automate complex tasks across a huge cluster. >> >> Responsibilities: >> >> * automation of tasks as much as possible through the development of >> scripts and administration tools >> * configuration of system and network parameters >> * monitoring of system stability and performance >> * ensuring 24x7 operation of our cluster >> * comprehensive documentation of our procedures >> >> Requirements: >> >> * B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience >> * 5+ years experience with Linux Systems Administration >> *Deep understanding of networking i.e.: understanding of how to isolate, >> diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery >> components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar >> with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking >> devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load >> balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a >> service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. >> tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output >> of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, >> and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and >> their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level; >> intimate knowledge of TCP/IP networking >> * strong programming and scripting ability (Python, Perl, bash) >> * excellent verbal and written skills >> * outstanding customer service abilities >> >> Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> >> >> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland >> >> - >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *Company: Google * >> >> *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* >> >> *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * >> >> *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* >> >> * * >> >> * * >> >> *Job Title: * >> >> * * >> >> *(Google) Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, >> Google.com (SRE)* >> >> * * >> >> *Positions based in Mountain View, CA and Dublin Ireland. * >> >> * * >> >> *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. >> >> Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for >> seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe >> you've been coding for years, are bored with the old >> design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some >> faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer >> who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering >> >> UNIX clusters. >> >> We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join >> the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything >> involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of >> traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from >> monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are >> aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this >> mission critical environment. >> >> All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, >> fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm >> for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. >> Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and >> work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the >> process. >> >> Qualifications: >> >> Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java, >> >> Perl, Python >> >> Senior Level experience with UNIX system administration. >> >> Strong understanding of networking; -Deep understanding of networking, >> understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery >> components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and >> applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and >> failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, >> firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as >> the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to >> generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in >> interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network >> topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network >> security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of >> troubleshooting at the packet level. >> >> Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user >> systems. >> >> In-depth knowledge of UNIX (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. >> Proven technical troubleshooting experience. >> >> .Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong >> sense of urgency. >> >> Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. >> >> 6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, OR 3-8 years experience for >> >> SWE position. >> >> BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. >> >> Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> >> >> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland >> >> Thank you, >> >> Tod Vanlandingham >> Google >> >> Talent Acquisition >> (650) 253-4291 >> >> todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> >> >> <http://www.google.com/> >> >> Media Coverage: >> >> http://www.google.com/press/press.html >> <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/press/press.html> >> Corporate Overview: http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html >> <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html> >> Top 10 Reasons to Work at Google: http://www.google.com/jobs/reasons.html >> >> Work Life Balance : http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/balance.html >> >> Looking for interesting work that matters to millions of people? >> http://www.google.com/jobs/great-people-needed.html >> >> - -- >> Andy Stewart, Founder >> Worcester Linux Users' Group >> Worcester, MA, USA >> http://www.wlug.org >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >> iD8DBQFCVnvfHl0iXDssISsRAg6zAJ9ctAIgxYaYGHHS7RVzTaFz+YBvPACffqfq >> z6L151kbWzBPLSuFyr77So0= >> =mwwr >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. 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[Fwd: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings)]
by Andy Stewart April 8, 2005

April 8, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, If you have any interest in either of these job openings at Google, please respond to todv(a)google.com, as noted below. Later, Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: (Google) Sr. Linux Cluster System Admin. & Sr. Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator (2 Job Openings) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 19:13:53 -0700 From: Tod Vanlandingham <todv(a)google.com> To: <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Andy, I was curious if you would be open to distributing the 2 job descriptions below to all of your UG members (via your site). I will personally respond to each person that is interested in either opening. * * Thank you, Tod Vanlandingham Recruiter Google (650) 253-4291 todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * * * * * * * * * * *Company: Google * *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* * * *Job Title: * * * *(Google) Linux Cluster Systems Administrator/Expert Scripter* *Positions based in Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland * *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. Google's Cluster Operations team is looking for talented system administrators to help administer Google's complex, proprietary clustering technologies. Literally thousands of Linux servers power the technology behind Google.com, and it's a real challenge to administer these effectively. Google's Cluster Operations team needs seasoned system administrators to automate complex tasks across a huge cluster. Responsibilities: * automation of tasks as much as possible through the development of scripts and administration tools * configuration of system and network parameters * monitoring of system stability and performance * ensuring 24x7 operation of our cluster * comprehensive documentation of our procedures Requirements: * B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience * 5+ years experience with Linux Systems Administration *Deep understanding of networking i.e.: understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (i.e. tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level; intimate knowledge of TCP/IP networking * strong programming and scripting ability (Python, Perl, bash) * excellent verbal and written skills * outstanding customer service abilities Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Company: Google * *Contact: Tod Vanlandingham* *Email: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> * *Website: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/eng/reli.html* * * * * *Job Title: * * * *(Google) Senior Software Engineer/Unix System & Network Administrator, Google.com (SRE)* * * *Positions based in Mountain View, CA and Dublin Ireland. * * * *Relocation a must. Assistance provided*. Are you part ace coder, part adrenalin junkie? Do you have a knack for seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Maybe you've been coding for years, are bored with the old design-build-review-test-ship-repeat routine, and yearn for some faster-paced challenges? Or perhaps you're a seasoned software engineer who is also a genius at jockeying networks and administering UNIX clusters. We're looking for top-notch thrill seeking, software engineers to join the Google.com team. Google.com engineers are in the thick of everything involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. We are aggressively building this elite team of high level engineers in this mission critical environment. All team members must have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, fluency in coding, good communication skills, and most of all enthusiasm for tackling the complex problems of scale which are uniquely Google. Google.com engineers tackle challenging, novel situations every day, and work with just about every other engineering and operations team in the process. Qualifications: Strong programming/scripting skills in any of the following: C, C++, Java, Perl, Python Senior Level experience with UNIX system administration. Strong understanding of networking; -Deep understanding of networking, understanding of how to isolate, diagnose, and resolve service delivery components (service delivery components include servers, networks, and applications); be familiar with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of key networking devices (routers, switches, bridges, firewalls, hardware load balancers); be able to identify networking as the potential cause of a service issue using server-resident tools to generate this data (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, etc.); familiarity in interpreting the output of these tools; familiarity with common network topologies, protocols, and tools; have some notion of common network security exploits -- and their remedies; understanding of troubleshooting at the packet level. Strong project management skills, especially in deploying live end-user systems. In-depth knowledge of UNIX (preferably Linux), and shell scripting. Proven technical troubleshooting experience. .Excellent analytic ability, strong communication skills, and a strong sense of urgency. Ability to handle periodic on-call duty as well as out-of-band requests. 6-15+ years experience for Senior SWE position, OR 3-8 years experience for SWE position. BA/BS in CS, or equivalent experience. Please Email resumes to: todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> Job location is Mountain View, California or Dublin, Ireland Thank you, Tod Vanlandingham Google Talent Acquisition (650) 253-4291 todv(a)google.com <mailto:todv@google.com> <http://www.google.com/> Media Coverage: http://www.google.com/press/press.html <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/press/press.html> Corporate Overview: http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html <BLOCKED::http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html> Top 10 Reasons to Work at Google: http://www.google.com/jobs/reasons.html Work Life Balance : http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/balance.html Looking for interesting work that matters to millions of people? http://www.google.com/jobs/great-people-needed.html - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCVnvfHl0iXDssISsRAg6zAJ9ctAIgxYaYGHHS7RVzTaFz+YBvPACffqfq z6L151kbWzBPLSuFyr77So0= =mwwr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Communication between "HiTech" and anyone not in the club.
by Ken Jones April 8, 2005

April 8, 2005

WLUG members: There is one HiTech issue about which I am passionate and frustrated. It is the lack of understanding in the Fitchburg Public School District of the management efficiencies that are now "best practices"in the commercial world. I am sure that the Fitchburg case is typical of most Massachusetts public school districts. Our School Committee beats up on the Superintendent over the cost of multiple Administrators. No one sees that this cost could be contained if improvements were to be made in the architecture of their internal network, the structures of their data bases and the training of their administrators. Part of the problem is that the voting public does not understand either. This is perfect opportunity for the commercial LINUX community to garner some very good press. If Red Hat, for example, were to team with the Fitchburg Public School District to implement places where LINUX is a better answer than M$, it could get general media coverage as well as Education publication notice. My observation is that little trust worthy technical information passes between HiTech and those who manage our public schools. I would like to work at bridging that communication gap. Ken Jones kjones(a)ziplink.net

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Linux/Unix file systems engineer
by John Spencer April 6, 2005

April 6, 2005

My client in northern MA (LOCAL candidates only please) has a need for a strong Linux, Unix or MAC OS X file systems consultant. This is a 3 mth+ contract. Must have experience developing software for multiple platforms. Strong background with C/C++ as well as operating system kernel level development experience is needed. Familiarity and experience with distributed file systems networking is a strong plus. Source management experience with ClearCase is also a plus. Please forward your resume to jspencer AT optimaleng DOT com Regards, John Spencer Optimal Engineering

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Cups help
by Chuck Haines March 31, 2005

March 31, 2005

This is a question for those cups guru's out there. I'm trying to write a custom perl script for cups that does accounting. I have a database with users and quotas and I'm writing a filter for cups that checks to make sure the user has enough left on their balance before printing. I was curious how I would go about sticking this into the cups filtering chain. I've been reading up on the cups docs but I'm still kinda confused on where to put it. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com http://www.maxslack.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

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[Fwd: Invitation to Developing on Open Standards Databases -IBM tech briefing in Boston on April 5]
by Andy Stewart March 30, 2005

March 30, 2005

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Invitation to Developing on Open Standards Databases -IBM tech briefing in Boston on April 5 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:50:20 -0800 From: Karen C Lee <leekc(a)us.ibm.com> Please join us and extend this invitations to the complimentary IBM briefing to your user group members and colleagues. Do you want to learn how to develop and deploy database applications for the small to medium business on Linux? Cloudscape/Derby, IBM DB2 Express and IBM DB2 Everyplace are exactly what you need to get started. More than 80 IBM products use Java-based Cloudscape for its portability, easy deployment, open standards-based Java engine, small footprint, and more. Developers worldwide are taking advantage of these benefits, and now you can too. Register today for this briefing by visiting: http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ These briefings will be held in the following cities: ** Boston on April 5* * Montreal on April 7 * Chicago on April 12 * San Francisco on April 14 * Austin on May 17 * Toronto on May 19 During this event, you'll see IBM DB2 Universal Database Express Edition V8.2 -- the lowest priced, full-function relational database on Linux or Windows platform choices. We'll also demonstrate how DB2 Everyplace features a small footprint relational database and high performance data synchronization solution that enables enterprise applications and data to be securely extended to mobile devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones and other embedded mobile devices. The briefing will end with a discussion on how to build database intensive web applications using IBM DB2 and IBM Rational Web Developer. All attendees will receive trial software from IBM. To reserve your seat for this briefing please visit. http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ Sincerely, The IBM developerWorks Team -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

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Re: [Wlug] Cups help
by Chuck Haines March 30, 2005

March 30, 2005

Since there seems to be a decent bit of interest in this script, I'll post when my release version 0.2 today. For anyone who is interested check out http://gforge.maxslack.com/projects/cupsacct/. It's my personal project site and I have put up the first release. I'll be releasing the files here so it's the best way to get them. Not all the components of the project site are working yet (mostly web based CVS) but you can download the release tarball if you are interested. Also note that this script is still heavily modified for specific use in the ECE databases. I'm working on changing it so that it will be more universal and include sql to create the database and tables. Chuck On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:14:59 -0500, Rob Taylor <rob.taylor(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > Chuck: > > I'd be rather interested in (any) details about this > and the SNMP part in particular if/when You have a chance ! > Sounds like a pretty nifty integration. > > Thanks, > Rob.Taylor(a)earthlink.net > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:46:06 -0500 > From: Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Cups help > To: Robert L Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> > Cc: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <a663f660050330074617e32767(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Thanks to everyone's help, but I've figured out the backend stuff and > written my own perl script that does the accounting using mysql. It's > actually really neat and incredibly easy to use. I'm in the process > of refinining it a bit now and if anyone is interested in it, I'd be > more than happy to send it your way. It uses snmp to query the pages > from the printer so it actually determines the number of pages printer > and not just how many should have printed. > -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com http://www.maxslack.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

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Permanently unloading the usb-storage kernel module under FC3
by Andrew Robert March 30, 2005

March 30, 2005

Hi Everyone, I have a 160G NTFS partitioned USB external disk drive that I would like to use in my VMware instance. I tried to get VMware to recognize the drive but it failed to do so because the Linux USB driver had it locked. Removing and re-attaching the drive did not release the driver lock. What resolved the problem was to unload the usb-storage kernel module using the command: /sbin/rmmod usb-storage This works great but the module reappears the next time I boot the beast. Does anyone know of a way to make this permanently go away? Any help you can provide on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Andy

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Topic idea
by Mike Leo March 30, 2005

March 30, 2005

Is there any interest in a linux fundamentals talk? It seems like I am the noobi'est member of the lug and don't want to bore everyone, but a discussion around basic installs (partitioning, swap size, boot loaders, etc), upgrades (apt, yum, emerge), application installs (rpm's, source) and kernel patching and upgrades would be a good nights discussion. I don't mind participating in the speaking, but I have plenty of questions myself. Just a thought. Mike __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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Job Opening: UNIX/Linux SysAdmin
by Theo Van Dinter March 30, 2005

March 30, 2005

Another job opening from my employer, for those interested. Company out of Needham, MA. :) ----- Forwarded message ----- TechTarget is looking to hire a competent linux/unix sysadmin with 1-2 years of production experience. Details on the position are attached. Details on working for TechTarget can be found at http://www.techtarget.com/html/job_opps.htm Please contact me directly with any questions. TechTarget Role Description Position: Systems & Networks Administrator Role Definition: Manage servers and SANs based upon Sun Solaris and RedHat Enterprise Linux as well as the underlying network architecture based upon Cisco and Nortel which drives our network of web sites. Monitor overall performance and capacity, tune system for performance and administer user access, security and back up. Ability to research, plan, and implement new technologies as needed. Three years sysadmin/netadmin experience required. Experience with Veritas NetBackup a plus. Required Competencies: *Strong analytical, teamwork, and problem solving skills *Technical expertise in Sun Solaris, RedHat Linux, general UNIX, IOS, and Apache *Ability to efficiently manage multiple systems and network devices *Ability to implement and plan details of projects *Ability to manage and architect SANs based upon EMC and STK technologies *Ability to multi-task with projects of varying priority Reports To: Director of IT Operations, Product Systems Required Experience: Must have prior responsibility for administration of Solaris, Linux, and IOS. Extraordinary knowledge of installing, upgrading and optimizing Solaris, Linux, SANs, and Cisco equipment within a sophisticated computer network. Ability to manage mail subsystems (sendmail/postfix), DNS (BIND 9), and other day-to-day activities. Initial Mandate: 1.Conduct systems audit, present findings and make recommendations. *Security ? passwords, user accounts, auditing *Analyze configuration parameters ? memory size, system usage, network utilization *Document systems and network configuration 2.Plan and install systems and network hardware, sized and tuned for optimal throughput and reliability. *Evaluate disk spacing and resize/add data files 3.Ensure service performance through established metrics and audits. *Implement upgrade and recovery strategies *Serve as liaison with vendors; report problems and obtain technical solutions *Tune systems and network infrastructure As of 03/29/05 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "Thinking of using NT for your critical apps? Isn't there enough suffering in the world?" - Sun Microsystems Ad

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The Technical Professional in 2010
by Al Reinhart March 29, 2005

March 29, 2005

Thought this might be of interest to some of you: On Thursday, April 7^th there is a WPI / IEEE Worcester County Section meeting with Dr. Arthur Winston, 2004 IEEE president, speaking on The Technical Professional in 2010. The presentation, preceded by a reception, starts at 6PM and is followed by dinner at Higgins House. The presentation is free and open to the public, dinner requires a reservation and costs $30.00 for non-IEEE members. You can attend the presentation without going to dinner. Details can be found at http://www.ieeeregion1.org/worcester . Al ------------------------------------------------------------- Al Reinhart Phone: (508) 869-6417 DisCom. Systems EMail: Reinhart(a)DisCom.com www.DisCom.com

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