 October
2003 • Volume 12 • Number 10
Features
VOCP Command Shells —
Managing Your Systems through the Telephone • Patrick Deegan
Deegan explains how to use VOCP command shells to monitor your systems and
perform administrative tasks, no matter where you are.
Just Can’t Get Enough Sendmail • Hal Pomeranz
In the June issue of Sys Admin, Pomeranz discussed the security measure
of shutting down the standard Sendmail daemon on most Unix machines. When readers
put this suggestion into practice, they encountered some specific issues, which
Pomeranz addresses in detail.
Network Monitoring with Nagios • Syed Ali
Ali explains how to install and use Nagios, a GPL tool for host and service
monitoring.
Managing Services with Webmin • Keith Pettit
Pettit describes Webmin, a modular Web-based configuration tool that allows
you to configure just about every service available on Unix.
Using a Distributed Shell to Manage Deployments of Linux and Unix Servers • Jeff McElroy • 27
McElroy shows how implementing a distributed shell can simplify an environment
and save time for administrators responsible for maintaining many servers.
Putting the Ease Back into Email • Martin Streicher
Streicher presents a Perl script he wrote that pulls email from any number
of POP servers, creates an easily browsed, unified archive of both incoming
and outgoing email, and filters out spam.
Getting Status Information about an HACMP Cluster • Arni
Snorri Eggertsson
Eggertson shares a collection of scripts he developed to monitor and report
on status changes of HACMP clusters.
Filtering Port Scans with nmap-audit • Keith Resar
Resar describes nmap-audit, which cleans up and merges reports from nmap,
eliminates uninteresting data, and presents the remaining information in an
easy to use form.
Using Tripwire on a Network with LANTrip
Sean Mostafavi
Mostafavi explains how to configure and use LANTrip, a network file integrity
tool.
The PBS Accounting Toolkit • Rodney Mach
Mach introduces the PBS Accounting Toolkit, which allows administrators to
convert PBS accounting logs to XML and thereby leverage XML technologies for
querying and parsing.
Columns
Questions and Answers • Amy
Rich
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