Monthly Archives: March 2006

Have you ever ran a “netstat -na” to get a list of open ports only to wonder what was listening on udp port 800? # netstat -lp netstat -lp is your friend – it will give you a list of … Continue reading →

I was troubleshooting the gremlins (more on that later) in a system with a new LTO2 tape drive attached to the system. The drive was detected on boot, /dev/tape symlinked properly to /dev/nst0, “cat /proc/scsi/scsi” showed the device and finally … Continue reading →

I had the exact same thing happen to me this year. My wife and I decided it was time to pay off one of our credit cards. When we did I made the mistake of assuming that what was normally a 1 to 2 day … Continue reading →