From the monthly archives:

January 2006

sending email

January 30, 2006

Just came across this interesting tutorial on sending email from shell scripts. Very useful.

Read the full article →

sudo timeout duration

January 18, 2006

I sudo many, many times a day. Just the act of typing “sudo” seems a suitable safeguard against using inappropriate privileges. I type it when I need it. However, the default 5 minute timeout of the sudo command becomes unbearable over the course of the day.
To increase this timeout value, add a defaults [...]

Read the full article →