Tips for Linux Explorers SNMPTT (SNMPTT) This file was last updated on: November 6th, 2013 License What is it?DownloadingRequirementsWhat's NewUpgradingInstallation Overview Unix Windows Securing SNMPTTConfiguration Options - snmptt.iniLogging Standard Unknown Traps Syslog EventLog Database MySQL PostgreSQL ODBC Windows ODBCExecuting an external programModes of OperationCommand line argumentsSNMPTT.CONF Configuration file format EVENT FORMAT Variable-substitutions EXEC PREEXEC NODES MATCH REGEX SDESC EDESCSNMPTT.CONF Configuration file NotesName resolution / DNSSample1 SNMPTT.CONF fileSample2 SNMPTT.CONF fileNotesLimitationsFeedback & BugsIntegration with other software Nagios / Netsaint Simple Event Correlator (SEC) Windows Event Log forwarding Hobbit License Copyright 2002-2013 Alex Burger alex_b@users.sourceforge.net 4/3/2002 What is it? SNMPTT (SNMP Trap Translator) is an SNMP trap handler written in Perl for use with the Net-SNMP / UCD-SNMP snmptrapd program (www.net-snmp.org). or Downloading Note: 1.
The Slackware Linux Project Linux tips every geek should know What separates average Linux users from the super-geeks? Simple: years spent learning the kinds of hacks, tricks, tips and techniques that turn long jobs into a moment's work. If you want to get up to speed without having to put in all that leg-work, we've rounded up over 50 easy-to-learn Linux tips to help you work smarter and get the most from your computer. Enjoy! UPDATE: If these tips aren't enough and you want even more, make sure you check out More Linux tips every geek should know! #1: Check processes not run by you Difficulty: Expert Application: bash Imagine the scene - you get yourself ready for a quick round of Crack Attack against a colleague at the office, only to find the game drags to a halt just as you're about to beat your uppity subordinate - what could be happening to make your machine so slow? OK, let's list all the processes on the box not being run by you! ps aux | grep -v `whoami` Or, to be a little more clever, why not just list the top ten time-wasters: find . reset
Cacti: SNMP Monitoring Without All the Prickles As our fetish for monitoring tools begins to subside, we realize that one of the neatest monitoring tools available has nearly been forgotten. Cacti is “a complete frontend to RRDTool,” as they say, which makes SNMP and script-based monitoring very worthwhile. In this article we’d like to talk a bit about Cacti and how it can be used to create some excitingly useful graphs of various data. Many administrators, before implementing something like Cricket or Cacti, opt to write their own scripts for monitoring a few basic aspects of certain hosts. For example, it isn’t uncommon for administrators to run a script from cron to verify that a certain troublesome service hasn’t died again. Some solutions are basically a frontend for your scripts, and some will have their own mechanisms to check certain aspects of your infrastructure. Cacti has built-in SNMP capabilities. Now that the initial excitement has passed, let’s discover how this system really works. Cacti is PHP-based.
Download and Install AndroidSDK in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) Android SDK is a development environment for the Android mobile operating system which allows you to write applications for Android devices or gain elevated privileges on android devices with the help of third party software. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to download and install it in Ubuntu 12.04 if you haven’t already done so. To install it, you first need to install Java JDK package or use the openJDK Java alternative that comes with Ubuntu. In this tutorial, I’m going to be using the openJDK version of Java. To install Oracle Java version, then read this post first. Objectives: Install AndroidSDK in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) Enjoy! To get started, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard to open the terminal. sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jdk icedtea6-plugin Next, download AndroidSDK package by running the commands below. wget After downloading, run the commands below to extract the downloaded file. .
MRTG Configuration in Debian What is MRTG? The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is a tool to monitor the traffic load on network links. MRTG generates HTML pages containing PNG images which provide a LIVE visual representation of this traffic. Download MRTG MRTG Documentation First you need to install apache2 webserver for this click here Now we need to install mrtg and snmp Installing MRTG in Debian #apt-get install mrtg snmpd The installation will create an mrtg subdirectory where the Apache Web pages reside. /var/www/mrtg Now you need to edit the mrtg configuration file to edit the some of the settings File is located at /etc/mrtg.cfg you need to change the global settings as follows # Global Settings RunAsDaemon: yes EnableIPv6: no WorkDir: /var/www/mrtg Options[_]: bits,growright WriteExpires: Yes Title[^]: Traffic Analysis for #!
10 Of The Best Gnome Shell Extensions Ever since Gnome started the extensions site where developers can submit their extensions to the library, there have been a great number of useful extensions that appear in the list. With the new extension site, installation of extensions is simply a mouse click. Gone are the days where we still need to add a custom repository just to install an extension. Below are 10 of the best Gnome Shell extensions that we uncovered from the library. Before we start. let’s first touch on the method to install an extension in your Gnome Shell. 1. 2. 3. That’s it. 1. Personally, I feel that the Activities button at the screen top left corner is useless. It is definitely more useful than the Activities button. 2. If you like to use different workspace to manage your applications and windows, you will find that switching to another workspace is a very troublesome task. 3. gTile Do you like to work with several applications concurrently? 4. 5. Open a terminal and type the following lines: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
MRTG Installation and Configuration in Debian based Distributions -- Debian Admin This article is focusing installing and configure MRTG with CPU,Memory and Disk Usage Graphs examples for Debian Ubuntu and Kubuntu Users and may be work for some debian based distributions. MRTG is Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is a tool to monitor the traffic load on network links. MRTG generates HTML pages containing PNG images which provide a LIVE visual representation of this traffic. MRTG Requirements Apache webserver with perl support NET-SNMP GD Libpng zlib If you want to download MRTG you can download from here Preparing you System for MRTG Instalaltion First you need to install the required compilers #apt-get install gcc make g++ Apache 2 Installation with perl support Follow these instructions to install apache2 with perl support MRTG Installation Now we need to install mrtg and snmp Installing MRTG in Debian, Ubuntu and Kubuntu #apt-get install mrtg snmpd The installation will create an mrtg subdirectory where the Apache Web pages reside. /var/www/mrtg # Global Settings CPU Usage #! #!
A List Of Best 15 Ubuntu 12.04 Themes For Unity and Gnome Shell In this page, we will introduce 15 best GTK3 themes that you can use with Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) under Unity or Gnome Shell. The themes are also compatible with other Ubuntu versions (12.10/11.10, Linux Mint 13, etc.). To make the installation of these themes easier, I have uploaded them all to our custom PPA. You can add our PPA with these commands:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/gtk3sudo apt-get update To enable these themes, you can use GNOME TWEAK TOOL, MyUnity, or use simply the commands provided with each theme given below. sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool 1. sudo apt-get install elementarygsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'elementary'gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'elementary' 2. sudo apt-get install zukitwogsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'zukitwo'gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'zukitwo' 3. 4. For Boomerang-Deux: 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Enjoy!