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Nagios, NRPE: check_procs returning wrong number

Last Updated on 2012-10-25. If you use Nagios for checking if a certain process running under Linux, you might have recognized that check_procs does not always work correctly. If you have a long process name to check (e.g. /usr/bin/php meow.php asdf), it shows you 0...

PHP Linux Daemon

Last Updated on 2012-10-25. Today I found the package System_Daemon. It lets you run your (maybe never-ending) PHP daemon script in the background, generates Ubuntu start-stop files for init.d and is easy to install. It can be very useful if you want to write a server...

Windows Update KB2661254 and certificate / CA problem

Last Updated on 2012-10-16. When you install the Microsoft KB2661254 update, it can cause problems if you use e.g. an internal certificate authority in your local network. This update marks all certificates with public keys with length below 1024 as invalid. So you...