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samba/smbfs will not handle writing files larger than 2gb. ‘smbount -o lfs’ will not work.

if you want to write files larger than 2gb, use cifs.

mount -t cifs //server/share /mount/point -o credentials=creds.txt,rw or something of the like.

maybe everyone else knew this, i didn’t.

nagios for service & host monitoring.  the new version’s utils.pm is not set up for running check_disk_smb

edit utils.pm and update this variable to include the path to your smbclient

$PATH_TO_SMBCLIENT = “/usr/bin/smbclient” ; (update yours to your path, mine is in /usr/bin)

fucking open source.

lick here.

i hate it when caching DNS admins ignore TTL rules. 😡

for the second time, mpcon has asked me to run the network and servers for their 200 person LAN party.

here are some particulars about what i set up:

• route.mpcon.lan, the router box, was a p4 2.8ghz w/ 2gb of ddr2/533. intel pro/100 nic, integrated gigabit nic. OS was IPCop 1.4.15 with the p2pblocker and BOT/block outgoing traffic plugins. this handles DHCP, dynamic DNS, and internet DNS for the LAN. p2pblocker was utilized to filter out p2p traffic at layer 7. this was to reduce connections to/through the internet.
• subnet size was /22, or 1022 (1024.) it’s overkill but i didn’t want to run out of addresses. 😛 first 150 addresses were static. we will be ready for the 500 person event in our future though 😈
• route-admin.mpcon.lan was a p2 400 laptop w/ 256mb ram and two PCMCIA NICs. it was a wide-open router for people who needed game patches which utilized p2p traffic. it was also a backup DNS server for the LAN. it had no other functions. it was given out sparingly and performed quite well.
• www.mpcon.lan was a LAN website for sharing information. axp 1600+ w/ 1gb ram. it was running debian etch 4.0. mpcon.lan utilized the ALP software for caffeine logs, tournament registration, disseminating information, and game-installer distribution (no keys or keygens.) teamspeak 2.0 was running also for voice-chatting needs.
• tmn.mpcon.lan was a LAN server for trackmania nations and cs:source. it was a p4 2.0ghz w/ 512mb ram. it was running ubuntu edgy.
• gameserv1.mpcon.lan was a pentium mobile 1.6 w/ 1gb of ram. this was the only windows server i brought, serving up ventrilo, unreal tournament, quake 3 rocket arena, and quake 3 gridiron.
• our “core” switches are dell 2616 16-port gigabit switches. we uplink two together for servers and tabletop/user switches. our tabletop/user switches are 24-port 10/100 switches with 1 or 2 gigabit ports for uplink. they are trendnet or gateway.

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i found an incredible craigslist deal on some network gear that kept getting more incredible as the week went on. i ended up with:

• (1) Cisco WS-C2924M-XL-EN that has 24 10/100 ports and two gig fiber ports (GBICs) with IOS
• (2) Nortel BayStack 450-24T with 24 10/100 ports and empty MDA ports
• (1) Nortel BayStack 350T-HD with 24 10/100 ports
• (12) 48-Port Patch Panels
• (2) Cable-Routing Rack Panels
• (1) Cisco Management Cable
• a few LAN cables, wall jacks, and a power strip

Although the 2924 is dated, I set up some VLANs with it for use at home. I get to poke around in CISCO’s IOS. I’ll pick up some 1000base-TX GBIC cards and make my fileserver and PC gigabit. 😈

I have most of the patch panels and all the nortel switches sold or spoken for, recovering most of my costs.

i started with redhat 5.2 back in 1998, almost 10 years ago. then slackware 7 taught me about the nuances of compiling software in 2000. redhat 8/9 came along and showed me how cool packaged software was. debian woody showed me how awesome it is to automatically resolve dependencies in packages in a stable but dated environment.

i made the switch to ubuntu today, taking the best (worst?) of debian’s package management and bringing current software packages to the server/desktop.

growing pains? not as bad as i thought. i got an extra box set up in about three hours, ready to slide into place after last night’s screw-ups. this included samba, mysql, apache, php4, php5, cacti, APC UPS software, cron jobs, and shell scripts.

trying to get some nifty features in place for my trackmania server, i royally borked my mysql installation and how it plays w/ cacti. ugh. i’ll be loading up a spare drive w/ ubuntu and making php4 (for cacti,) php5 (for anything new,) and mysql 5 play nice together.

i hate sysadmin stuff sometimes.

so long athlon 800. you were a good cpu during the four years i had you. i’m sure you served sean well for two years before that. kernel panics. no posts. it was your time.

you were replaceable and replaced with a duron 1000.

i didn’t drink the kool-aid.