Re: Remote server management

2004-02-08 Thread Fiber McGee
John Keimel wrote: Again, not sure about BIOS control, but that'd be a concern of the motherboard itself as well as any remote access. Not sure if these are still made: http://www.realweasel.com. I have a small list of remote console manufacturers: Avocent Cyclades Lightwave Raritan Rose It's not

Re: Remote server management

2004-02-08 Thread Fiber McGee
John Keimel wrote: Again, not sure about BIOS control, but that'd be a concern of the motherboard itself as well as any remote access. Not sure if these are still made: http://www.realweasel.com. I have a small list of remote console manufacturers: Avocent Cyclades Lightwave Raritan Rose It's not

Re: Remote server management

2004-02-08 Thread John Keimel
I've used BayTech hardware for several years now with good success. IP accessible console (serial) and remote power control. They've saved many a trip to a remote location. There's a series of different ones with different abilities. baytechdcd.com is their website. Again, not sure about BIOS con

Re: Remote server management

2004-02-08 Thread John Keimel
I've used BayTech hardware for several years now with good success. IP accessible console (serial) and remote power control. They've saved many a trip to a remote location. There's a series of different ones with different abilities. baytechdcd.com is their website. Again, not sure about BIOS con

Package update notification script.

2004-02-08 Thread Fred Clausen
Hi All, I have written a small Perl script to check for package updates, I know that this kind of thing has been done before (usually with much smaller shell scripts) but I did this more for fun than size or originality :) I have found it useful so I thought I would share it with the folks her

Community Network $8000 contest

2004-02-08 Thread Dan MacNeil
I'm not affiliated with these folks but this $8000 contest may be of interest to folks on this list. Feel free to pass this on to other lists, this is the only list I'm sending it to. # Community Network Open Source Package Awards program http://www.afcn.org/opensource/ [..

Re: How do you manage Perl modules?

2004-02-08 Thread Dan MacNeil
I'm in similar situation, last night I installed spamassassin & razor from backports.org. It seems to be working ok Fortunately for me, I don't have to worry about being forward compatible with an existing Bayes db. For you a (maybe painful) alternative to going to unstable is to discard you

Package update notification script.

2004-02-08 Thread Fred Clausen
Hi All, I have written a small Perl script to check for package updates, I know that this kind of thing has been done before (usually with much smaller shell scripts) but I did this more for fun than size or originality :) I have found it useful so I thought I would share it with the folks her

Community Network $8000 contest

2004-02-08 Thread Dan MacNeil
I'm not affiliated with these folks but this $8000 contest may be of interest to folks on this list. Feel free to pass this on to other lists, this is the only list I'm sending it to. # Community Network Open Source Package Awards program http://www.afcn.org/opensource/ [..

Re: How do you manage Perl modules?

2004-02-08 Thread Dan MacNeil
I'm in similar situation, last night I installed spamassassin & razor from backports.org. It seems to be working ok Fortunately for me, I don't have to worry about being forward compatible with an existing Bayes db. For you a (maybe painful) alternative to going to unstable is to discard you