Sysadmin

PSSC stands for PHP Sysadmin Script Collection. It's a collection of PHP scripts for sysadmins, from very simple commands to more advanced backup scripts. It provides some common functions and logging. Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

MiniKnoppix is a all-in-one sysadmin rescue CD. MiniKnoppix is a Linux Live CD based on Knoppix. Basically it is a complete and totally functional GNU/Linux operating system that boots and works from the CDROM. This way theres no need to install it on the hard drive. Knoppix is (possibly) the... Platforms: *nix

CVTSA is a suite of tools for GNU/Linux that allows users to administrate computers via web or email wherever they are, using browsers or email clients [via computer or mobile] and without running daemons[opening ports] on their own computer. WEBCVTSA is a tool that allows users to administrate... Platforms: *nix

Memlockd project locks a list of files into RAM so that if the system starts paging excessively (as the result of a DOS attack or buggy program), the sysadmin will still be able to login to recover it. The project will lock regular files as well as programs in memory, and for programs, it can... Platforms: *nix

The syncopt script and its associated work practices are yet another approach to the standard sysadmin problem of keeping multiple machines software installations up to date. It is independent of the vendors packaging scheme and thus you can use either your vendors system or syncopt, or both!... Platforms: *nix

Whitetrash is a user-friendly and sysadmin-friendly proxy that makes it significantly harder for malware to use HTTP and SSL for: - initial compromise; - data exfiltration; and - command and control.. An open-source implementation of a dynamic web whitelisting proxy. Platforms: *nix

PGPSigner project is a tool born out of the main virtues of a sysadmin: Lazyness and Impatience. Have you ever been to a PGP key signing party? It is fun, you verify all these ids, check the keys on the party list and then... then you get home. And find out that you have 47 different keys to sign... Platforms: *nix

apex is a general purpose Web server that was designed with the busy sysadmin in mind. It runs on both Unix and Windows. It strives to be simple and concise, yet powerful. It installs a default home page with customized links based on its single configuration file. apex web server supports basic... Platforms: *nix

PSSC stands for PHP Sysadmin Script Collection. It is a collection of PHP scripts for sysadmins, from very simple commands to more advanced backup scripts. It provides some common functions and logging. Features: - Config setting for tmp dir - MySQL backup script that cycles a week  -... Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, PHP, BSD Solaris

Each database can be restored via the MySQL command line tool by calling gzipped archive.The tables of each database being backed up are locked, preserving data integrity.While this does temporarily prevent writes to the tables, the impact is reduced by backing up each database separately.This... Platforms: CGI and Perl

The goal of this project is to provide easy-to-use scripts for cleanly building and installing Wine and its prerequisite software into a self-contained directory hierarchy on Mac OS X. All building and installation takes place in the user's home directory. The installation is entirely in... Platforms: Mac

uWSGI is a fast, self-healing and developer/sysadmin-friendly application container server coded in pure C. Born as a WSGI-only server, over time it has evolved in a complete stack for networked/clustered web applications, implementing message/object passing, caching, RPC and process management.... Platforms: Mac

Rsyslog has become the de-facto standard on modern Linux operating systems. It???*a*?s high-performance log processing, database integration, modularity and support for multiple logging protocols make it the sysadmin???*a*?s logging daemon of choice. The project was started in 2004 and has since... Platforms: *nix

Myco::Devel is a Perl module for myco Developers Guide. This guide is intended for developers wanting to build applications with myco. You should have a decent grasp of the Perl programming language, or else a solid grasp of another programming language (C, PHP, etc.). Familiarity with Object... Platforms: *nix

Dwall is an all-purpose firewall tool to generate an iptables firewall out of a simple configuration. It has about 80 predefined services and comes with a simple 3 zone firewall example. In essence the sysadmin only needs to define the different zones and define what traffic is allowed from... Platforms: *nix

GNOME Terminator project is an attempt to maximise useful space on a given desktop for terminals. I’m a sysadmin by trade, so I live in ssh sessions and thus terminals. An extra line here and there over all those hours seems like it’s worth trying for. NOTE: At least zsh doesn’t work in... Platforms: *nix

integrit is a more simple alternative to file integrity verification programs like tripwire and aide. It helps you determine whether an intruder has modified a computer system. Without a system like integrit, a sysadmin cant know whether the tools he/she uses to investigate a potential break in... Platforms: *nix

TCP Knocking provides a port knocking implementation. Often a secure system needs a port open so that only authorized persons can access a particular service and also the service should not exposed to attackers and worms that may use vulnerabilities that exist in the listening server. Port... Platforms: *nix

IO::Tty is a Perl module to low-level allocate a pseudo-Tty, import constants. SYNOPSIS use IO::Tty qw(TIOCNOTTY); ... # use only to import constants, see IO::Pty to create ptys. IO::Tty is used internally by IO::Pty to create a pseudo-tty. You wouldnt want to use it directly except to... Platforms: *nix

Independence is not just one of these commercial distributions who have been appearing daily for the last months. It aims at being a distribution allowing the users to make hear their voice in distribution design. It is built by volunteers who no longer accept having an aristocracy of... Platforms: *nix