Extracting a .bz2 or .tar.bz2 file in Linux
If it’s .tar.bz2, then you can use Code: tar xjvf cornbread.tar.bz2 to extract it all at once. If it’s just .bz2, then use Code: bunzip2 spankythefish.bz2
Monthly Archives July 2009
Citrix Xenserver – Expanding Local Storage
Twice now, I have had the (dis)pleasure of expanding our local storage on a couple of XenServer boxes. In a nutshell, here is how it works: 1. Expand physical disk (add more RAID members, ect). Use the procedure specific to your RAID card. 2. Use fdisk to expand the partition your Local Storage resides on: […]
Alternate Row Shading in Excel
One way to make your data legible is to apply cell shading to every other row in a range. Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature (available in Excel or later) makes this a simple task. Select the range that you want to format Choose Format, Conditional Formatting In the Conditional Formatting dialog box, select Formula Is from […]
Cpanel – Globally disabling the Email Catch-All feature
Spammers love nothing more than launching dictionary attacks on unsuspecting domains using the ‘catch-all’ feature. This causes multiple problems — the main issues are excessive server load, disk usage, and spam volume. The worse issue is that once spammers catch on to the fact your domain has a catch-all, they will launch spam campaigns with […]