I recently activated quota on my slicehost slice and it was quite simple and fast to do. The only disadvantage is that I needed to set quota on the only filesystem I had, which is /. If there is a choice then it is advisable to set quota on non-root filesystem such as /home, /var etc. The primary reason for this is that while performing the quota check the filesystem needs to be mounted read-only temporarily by the quotacheck utility. Since the root filesystem can not be mounted read-only while the system is running we need to do a force quota check on the system which might result in in-accurate figures and can cause corruption to the quota files.
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Setting Filesystem Quota in linux
The Duel – Pakistan On The Flight Path Of American Power
This book is a great analysis of the current situation of Pakistan with historical background. The author demonstrates his great knowledge of political and social situation in Indo-Pak region.
I used to get very agitated by the name of Pakistan mainly because of the trouble they created and are still creating for India. After reading this book, I feel sympathetic for the people of Pakistan. The current condition of Pakistan is primarily because of the Army, Politician and religious extremists.
Until We Meet Again
To My Colleagues / Friends at ITC / BGI / Blackrock
Today (16th Dec 2009) is my last day at ITC Infotech as I have decided to explore opportunities elsewhere in India. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all and let you know that I have enjoyed working with you over the past almost three years and am greatful for the opportunity to work with you.
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Creating VPNs with OpenVPN
Introduction
A VPN is a set of tools which allow networks at different locations to be securely connected, using a public network as the transport layer. A VPN produces a virtual “dedicated circuit” over the internet and use cryptography to secure it.
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Tagged Networking, OpenVPN, Security, VPN
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Upgrade to php5 in CentOS 4
Recently one of my clients requested that he needs php5 on one of his production servers. The server runs CentOS 4.7 x86_64. I had recently migrated this server from RHEL 4.7 (see Migrating RHEL 4.6 to CentOS 4.6).
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