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Philip Papadopoulos philip.papadopoulos at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 12:18:52 PDT 2007

 


Try this:
# find /etc -type f -exec rpm -qf {} \; | sort | uniq | grep -v "not owned"
> /tmp/etc.packages
# for rpm in `cat /tmp/etc.packages`; do echo $rpm; rpm --verify $rpm | grep
/etc; done

Will let you see what has changed in /etc from the way the RPM has specified
it. This will generate output like what is at the end of this message: You
want to look of U's (user), G's(group) . M's (mode)  (I think)

(for example: snmp/snmpd.conf)
[root at ikelite etc]# rpm -qlv net-snmp | grep snmpd.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            18579 Aug 15  2006
/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            14701 Aug 15  2006
/usr/share/man/man5/snmpd.conf.5.gz
[root at ikelite etc]# ls -l snmp/snmpd.conf
-r--r--r--  1 root root 287 Dec 22 14:28 snmp/snmpd.conf

This means that Rocks (or administrator) has changed the permissions.
If you look in
snmp-server.xml in /home/install/rocks-dist/lan/..../build/nodes you will
see where we overwrite this file with a particular
customization.




-----------------  find followed by rpm verify --------------------

[root at ikelite etc]# for rpm in `cat /tmp/etc.packages`; do echo $rpm; rpm
--verify $rpm | grep etc; done
a2ps-4.13b-41
acpid-1.0.3-2
alsa-lib-1.0.6-5.RHEL4
.......T    /etc/alsa/alsa.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/ATIIXP-MODEM.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/ATIIXP-SPDMA.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/ATIIXP.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/AU8810.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/AU8820.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/AU8830.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/Audigy.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/Audigy2.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/AudigyLS.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/CMI8338-SWIEC.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/CMI8338.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/CMI8738-MC6.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/CS46xx.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/EMU10K1.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/EMU10K1X.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/ENS1370.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/ENS1371.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/FM801.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/GUS.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/ICE1712.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/ICE1724.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/ICH-MODEM.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/ICH.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/NFORCE.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/RME9636.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/RME9652.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/SI7018.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/SI7018/sndoc-mixer.alisp
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/SI7018/sndop-mixer.alisp
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/TRID4DWAVENX.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/VIA686A.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/VIA8233.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/VIA8233A.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/VX222.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/VXPocket.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/VXPocket440.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/YMF744.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/aliases.alisp
.......T    /etc/alsa/cards/aliases.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/center_lfe.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/front.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/iec958.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/modem.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/rear.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/side.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/surround40.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/surround41.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/surround50.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/surround51.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/pcm/surround71.conf
.......T    /etc/alsa/sndo-mixer.alisp
alsa-utils-1.0.6-5
anacron-2.3-32
apache-tomcat-5.5.17-0
.....UG.    /opt/tomcat/bin/jsvc-src/man/fetch.sh
.....UG.    /opt/tomcat/bin/setclasspath.bat
.....UG.    /opt/tomcat/bin/setclasspath.sh
at-3.1.8-80_EL4
audit-1.0.14-1.EL4
authconfig-4.6.10-rhel4.3
authconfig-gtk-4.6.10-rhel4.3
autofs-4.1.3-187
SM5....T  c /etc/auto.master
bash-3.0-19.3
bind-9.2.4-16.EL4
.......T  c /etc/rc.d/init.d/named
S.5.....  c /etc/rndc.conf
S.5.....  c /etc/rndc.key
bluez-bluefw-1.0-6
bluez-utils-2.10-2.1
caching-nameserver-7.3-3
SM5....T  c /etc/named.conf
cdrecord-2.01.1-5
centos-release-4-4.2
control-center-2.8.0-12.rhel4.5
coreutils-5.2.1-31.4
crontabs-1.10-7
cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.11
.M......    /etc/cups
SM5..U.T  c /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
.M...U.T  c /etc/cups/printers.conf
cyrus-sasl-2.1.19-5.EL4
.......T  c /etc/rc.d/init.d/saslauthd
.......T  c /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd
dapl-1.2.0-1
dbus-0.22-12.EL.7
.......T  c /etc/dbus-1/session.conf
.......T  c /etc/dbus-1/system.conf
.......T  c /etc/rc.d/init.d/messagebus
desktop-printing-0.17-3.EL.1
dhcp-3.0.1-58.EL4
SM5....T  c /etc/dhcpd.conf
S.5....T  c /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd
diskdumputils-1.3.15-1
distcache-1.4.5-6
.......T    /etc/rc.d/init.d/dc_client
.......T    /etc/rc.d/init.d/dc_server
dump-0.4b39-3.EL4.2
eclipse-3.1.1-0
emacs-common-21.3-19.EL.4
enscript-1.6.1-28.3
eog-2.8.1-2
esound-0.2.35-2
.......T  c /etc/esd.conf
fbset-2.1-17
file-roller-2.8.1-1
firstboot-1.3.39-5.centos4
fontconfig-2.2.3-7.centos4
.......T  c /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
.......T    /etc/fonts/fonts.dtd
.......T  c /etc/fonts/local.conf
foomatic-3.0.2-3
foundation-ant-1.6.5-0
ganglia-monitor-core-2.5.7-0
ganglia-news-4.2.1-1
ganglia-receptor-4.2.1-1
GConf2-2.8.1-1
.......T  c /etc/gconf/2/path
gconf-editor-2.8.0-2
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.12
gedit-2.8.1-4
ggv-2.8.0-1
glib2-2.4.7-1
.......T    /etc/profile.d/glib2.csh
.......T    /etc/profile.d/glib2.sh
glibc-2.3.4-2.25
.M......  c /etc/ld.so.conf
.......T  c /etc/rpc
.M......  c /etc/ld.so.conf
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.25
gnome-applets-2.8.0-5
gnome-keyring-manager-0.0.3-1
gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
gnome-media-2.8.0-3
gnome-mime-data-2.4.1-5
gnome-netstatus-2.8.0-3
gnome-panel-2.8.1-3.3E
gnome-pilot-2.0.12-4
gnome-session-2.8.0-5.centos4
gnome-system-monitor-2.7.0-5
gnome-terminal-2.7.3-2
gnome-utils-2.8.0-5
gnome-vfs2-2.8.2-8.2
gnome-vfs2-smb-2.8.2-8.2
gnome-volume-manager-1.1.0-5
gnopernicus-0.9.12-1
gok-0.11.8-1
gpdf-2.8.2-7.4
gphoto2-2.1.4-7
.......T    /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam
gpm-1.20.1-71.RHEL4
.......T  c /etc/gpm-root.conf
.......T  c /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm
gstreamer-plugins-0.8.5-1.EL.0
gthumb-2.4.2-7
gtk+-1.2.10-33
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.az
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.cp1251
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.cp1255
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.he
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.hy
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.iso885913
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.iso885914
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.iso885915
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.iso88592
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.iso88593
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.iso88595
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.iso88597
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.iso88599
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.ja
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.ja.utf8
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.ka_GE.georgianacademy
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.ka_GE.georgianps
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.ko
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.ko.utf8
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.ru
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.th
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.uk
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.utf8
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.vi_VN.tcvn
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.vi_VN.viscii
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.zh_CN
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.zh_CN.utf8
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.zh_TW.big5
.......T  c /etc/gtk/gtkrc.zh_TW.utf8
gtk+-1.2.10-33.centos4
gtk2-2.4.13-19
hal-0.4.2-4.EL4
.......T  c /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf
.......T  c /etc/hal/hald.conf
.......T  c /etc/rc.d/init.d/haldaemon
hal-cups-utils-0.5.2-8
hdparm-5.7-2
hotplug-2004_04_01-7.7
S.5....T  c /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap
httpd-2.0.52-28.ent.centos4
SM5....T  c /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
hwbrowser-0.19-0.EL4.4
hwdata-0.146.23.EL-1
imlib-1.9.13-23
.......T  c /etc/im_palette-small.pal
.......T  c /etc/im_palette-tiny.pal
.......T  c /etc/im_palette.pal
.......T  c /etc/imrc
initscripts-7.93.25.EL-1.centos4
SM5....T  c /etc/inittab
S.5....T  c /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
SM5....T  c /etc/sysctl.conf
iproute-2.6.9-3
ipsec-tools-0.3.3-6.rhel4.1
iptables-1.2.11-3.1.RHEL4
irda-utils-0.9.16-3
isdn4k-utils-3.2-18.p1.1
jboss-4.0.4.GA-0
jpackage-utils-1.6.0-2jpp_3rh
jwhois-3.2.2-6.EL4.1
kbd-1.12-2
kdelibs-3.3.1-6.RHEL4
kernel-ib-1.0-1
kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.83
keyutils-1.0-2
krb5-devel-1.3.4-33
krb5-libs-1.3.4-33
.......T  c /etc/krb5.conf
.......T  c /etc/krb5.conf
krb5-workstation-1.3.4-33
krbafs-1.2.2-6
S.5....T  c /etc/krb.conf
kudzu-1.1.95.15-1
less-382-4
lftp-3.0.6-3
libbonobo-2.8.0-2
libgnome-2.8.0-2
libgssapi-0.8-1
libsdp-0.9.0-1
libuser-0.52.5-1.el4.1
.......T  c /etc/libuser.conf
.......T  c /etc/libuser.conf
linuxwacom-0.7.0-EL4.1
lm_sensors-2.8.7-2.40.3
.......T  c /etc/rc.d/init.d/lm_sensors
.......T  c /etc/sensors.conf
.......T  c /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors
logrotate-3.7.1-5.RHEL4
logwatch-5.2.2-1.EL4.1
lvm2-2.02.06-6.0.RHEL4
mailcap-2.1.17-1
mailx-8.1.1-36.EL4
MAKEDEV-3.15.2-3
man-1.5o1-9.rhel4
SM5....T  c /etc/man.config
maven-1.0.2-0
mcelog-0.4-1.12.EL
mdadm-1.6.0-3
metacity-2.8.6-2.8
mgetty-1.1.31-2
minicom-2.00.0-19
mod_ssl-2.0.52-28.ent.centos4
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.2
mtools-3.9.9-9
mysql-4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1
.......T  c /etc/my.cnf
mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1
mysql-server-4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1
.......T    /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld
nautilus-2.8.1-4
nautilus-cd-burner-2.8.3-6
nautilus-media-0.8.1-3
netdump-0.7.16-2
net-snmp-5.1.2-11.EL4.7
SM5....T  c /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
net-tools-1.60-37.EL4.8
NetworkManager-0.3.1-3
NetworkManager-gnome-0.3.1-3
nfs-utils-1.0.6-70.EL4
nscd-2.3.4-2.25
nss_ldap-226-17
S.5....T  c /etc/ldap.conf
S.5....T  c /etc/ldap.conf
ntp-4.2.0.a.20040617-4.EL4.1
SM5....T  c /etc/ntp.conf
.M......  c /etc/ntp/step-tickers
SM5....T  c /etc/sysconfig/ntpd
OpenIPMI-1.4.14-1.4E.13
openldap-2.2.13-6.4E
S.5....T  c /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
S.5....T  c /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
openmotif-2.2.3-10.RHEL4.5
.......T    /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/xmbind.sh
openssh-3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1
openssh-askpass-gnome-3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1
openssh-clients-3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1
SM5....T  c /etc/ssh/ssh_config
openssh-server-3.9p1-8.RHEL4.17.1
S.5....T  c /etc/ssh/sshd_config
optiucsd-grid-security-4.2.1-0
pam-0.77-66.17
.......T  c /etc/pam.d/other
S.5....T  c /etc/pam.d/system-auth
.......T  c /etc/pwdb.conf
.......T  c /etc/security/access.conf
.......T  c /etc/security/chroot.conf
.......T  c /etc/security/console.perms
.......T  c /etc/security/group.conf
.......T  c /etc/security/limits.conf
.......T  c /etc/security/opasswd
.......T  c /etc/security/pam_env.conf
.......T  c /etc/security/time.conf
S.5....T  c /etc/pam.d/system-auth
pam_smb-1.1.7-5
S.5....T  c /etc/pam_smb.conf
S.5....T  c /etc/pam_smb.conf
pango-1.6.0-9
.......T  c /etc/pango/pangox.aliases
passwd-0.68-10.1
pcmcia-cs-3.2.7-3.5
php-4.3.9-3.22
SM5....T  c /etc/php.ini
php-gd-4.3.9-3.22
php-mysql-4.3.9-3.22
pinfo-0.6.8-7
pnm2ppa-1.04-11
policycoreutils-1.18.1-4.9
portmap-4.0-63
postfix-2.2.10-1.RHEL4.2
.M......    /etc/postfix/TLS_LICENSE
SM5....T  c /etc/postfix/main.cf
postgresql-8.1.4-0
.....UG.    /opt/postgresql/doc/html/spi-spi-cursor-fetch.html
.....UG.    /opt/postgresql/doc/html/sql-fetch.html
.......T    /opt/postgresql/man/man7/fetch.7
ppp-2.4.2-6.4.RHEL4
prelink-0.3.3-0.EL4
psacct-6.3.2-38.rhel4
qt-3.3.3-10.RHEL4
quota-3.12-5
redhat-artwork-0.120.1-1.2E.centos4.4
.......T  c /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
.......T  c /etc/skel/.gtkrc
redhat-lsb-3.0-8.EL
.......T    /etc/lsb-release.d/core-3.0-noarch
.......T    /etc/lsb-release.d/graphics-3.0-noarch
.......T    /etc/redhat-lsb/lsb_killproc
.......T    /etc/redhat-lsb/lsb_log_message
.......T    /etc/redhat-lsb/lsb_pidofproc
.......T    /etc/redhat-lsb/lsb_start_daemon
redhat-menus-3.7.1-2
rhn-applet-2.1.25-22.centos4
rocks-411-master-4.2.1-0
rocks-bittorrent-4.2.1-1
rocks-boot-auto-4.2.1-1
rocks-config-4.2.1-1
rocks-config-frontend-4.2.1-1
rocks-java-4.2.1-0
rocks-kickstart-4.2.1-0
rocks-sge-4.2.1-2
rocks-sql-4.2.1-0
rpm-4.3.3-18_nonptl
rpmdb-CentOS-4.4-0.20060828
rp-pppoe-3.5-22
rsync-2.6.3-1
samba-common-3.0.10-1.4E.9
.......T    /etc/rc.d/init.d/winbind
.......T  c /etc/samba/lmhosts
S.5....T  c /etc/samba/smb.conf
S.5....T  c /etc/samba/smb.conf
scrollkeeper-0.3.14-3
.......T    /etc/scrollkeeper.conf
selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-2.140
sendmail-8.13.1-3.RHEL4.5
.......T  c /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
setup-2.5.37-1.3
.M......  c /etc/exports
.M......  c /etc/motd
setuptool-1.17-2
sgml-common-0.6.3-17
shadow-utils-4.0.3-60.RHEL4
S.5....T  c /etc/default/useradd
slocate-2.7-13.el4.6
specspo-9.0.92-1.3
sudo-1.6.7p5-30.1.3
S.5....T  c /etc/sudoers
sysklogd-1.4.1-26_EL
S.5....T  c /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog
SM5....T  c /etc/syslog.conf
sysstat-5.0.5-11.rhel4
system-config-date-1.7.15-0.RHEL4.3
system-config-display-1.0.24-1
system-config-keyboard-1.2.5-1
system-config-language-1.1.8-1
system-config-mouse-1.2.9-1
system-config-network-tui-1.3.22.0.EL.4.2-1
system-config-packages-1.2.23-1
system-config-printer-0.6.116.5-1
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.5-1
system-config-rootpassword-1.1.6-1
system-config-securitylevel-1.4.19.2-1
S.5....T  c /etc/sysconfig/system-config-securitylevel
system-config-services-0.8.15-1
system-config-soundcard-1.2.10-2.EL4
system-config-users-1.2.27-0.EL4.1
system-logviewer-0.9.12-0.2
termcap-5.4-3
tetex-fonts-2.0.2-22.EL4.7
tftp-server-0.39-1
SM5....T  c /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
tmpwatch-2.9.1-1
tripwire-config-1.0-1
missing     /etc/rc.d/rocksconfig.d/post-99-tripwire
.......T  c /opt/tripwire/etc/twpol-parts/addon/appinfo
SM5....T    /opt/tripwire/etc/twpol-parts/globals
udev-039-10.15.EL4
unixODBC-2.2.11-1.RHEL4.1
up2date-4.4.69-25.centos4.7
usermode-1.74-1
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.20
vim-common-6.3.046-0.40E.7.centos4
vim-enhanced-6.3.046-0.40E.7.centos4
vim-minimal-6.3.046-0.40E.7.centos4
vino-2.8.1-1
vixie-cron-4.1-44.EL4
vnc-server-4.0-8.1
wget-1.10.2-0.40E
which-2.16-4
wordpress-1.5-1
SM5....T  c /etc/wordpress/wp-config.php
wvdial-1.54.0-3
xinetd-2.3.13-4.4E.1
xinitrc-4.0.14.3-1
xml-common-0.6.3-17
S.5....T  c /etc/xml/catalog
xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.11
ypbind-1.17.2-8
S.5....T  c /etc/yp.conf
yum-2.0.7-1
[


On 4/3/07, Terrence Martin <tmartin at physics.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for reverting the permissions for the
> files in /etc to their RHEL defaults? For example a map of everything
> that was changed, or perhaps a way to revert them using the rpm db?
>
> Terrence
>
>


-- 
Philip Papadopoulos, PhD
University of California, San Diego
858-822-3628



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Groupthink : Two Party System as Polyarchy : Corruption of Regulators : Bureaucracies : Understanding Micromanagers and Control Freaks : Toxic Managers :   Harvard Mafia : Diplomatic Communication : Surviving a Bad Performance Review : Insufficient Retirement Funds as Immanent Problem of Neoliberal Regime : PseudoScience : Who Rules America : Neoliberalism  : The Iron Law of Oligarchy : Libertarian Philosophy

Quotes

War and Peace : Skeptical Finance : John Kenneth Galbraith :Talleyrand : Oscar Wilde : Otto Von Bismarck : Keynes : George Carlin : Skeptics : Propaganda  : SE quotes : Language Design and Programming Quotes : Random IT-related quotesSomerset Maugham : Marcus Aurelius : Kurt Vonnegut : Eric Hoffer : Winston Churchill : Napoleon Bonaparte : Ambrose BierceBernard Shaw : Mark Twain Quotes

Bulletin:

Vol 25, No.12 (December, 2013) Rational Fools vs. Efficient Crooks The efficient markets hypothesis : Political Skeptic Bulletin, 2013 : Unemployment Bulletin, 2010 :  Vol 23, No.10 (October, 2011) An observation about corporate security departments : Slightly Skeptical Euromaydan Chronicles, June 2014 : Greenspan legacy bulletin, 2008 : Vol 25, No.10 (October, 2013) Cryptolocker Trojan (Win32/Crilock.A) : Vol 25, No.08 (August, 2013) Cloud providers as intelligence collection hubs : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2010 : Inequality Bulletin, 2009 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2008 : Copyleft Problems Bulletin, 2004 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2011 : Energy Bulletin, 2010 : Malware Protection Bulletin, 2010 : Vol 26, No.1 (January, 2013) Object-Oriented Cult : Political Skeptic Bulletin, 2011 : Vol 23, No.11 (November, 2011) Softpanorama classification of sysadmin horror stories : Vol 25, No.05 (May, 2013) Corporate bullshit as a communication method  : Vol 25, No.06 (June, 2013) A Note on the Relationship of Brooks Law and Conway Law

History:

Fifty glorious years (1950-2000): the triumph of the US computer engineering : Donald Knuth : TAoCP and its Influence of Computer Science : Richard Stallman : Linus Torvalds  : Larry Wall  : John K. Ousterhout : CTSS : Multix OS Unix History : Unix shell history : VI editor : History of pipes concept : Solaris : MS DOSProgramming Languages History : PL/1 : Simula 67 : C : History of GCC developmentScripting Languages : Perl history   : OS History : Mail : DNS : SSH : CPU Instruction Sets : SPARC systems 1987-2006 : Norton Commander : Norton Utilities : Norton Ghost : Frontpage history : Malware Defense History : GNU Screen : OSS early history

Classic books:

The Peter Principle : Parkinson Law : 1984 : The Mythical Man-MonthHow to Solve It by George Polya : The Art of Computer Programming : The Elements of Programming Style : The Unix Hater’s Handbook : The Jargon file : The True Believer : Programming Pearls : The Good Soldier Svejk : The Power Elite

Most popular humor pages:

Manifest of the Softpanorama IT Slacker Society : Ten Commandments of the IT Slackers Society : Computer Humor Collection : BSD Logo Story : The Cuckoo's Egg : IT Slang : C++ Humor : ARE YOU A BBS ADDICT? : The Perl Purity Test : Object oriented programmers of all nations : Financial Humor : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2008 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2010 : The Most Comprehensive Collection of Editor-related Humor : Programming Language Humor : Goldman Sachs related humor : Greenspan humor : C Humor : Scripting Humor : Real Programmers Humor : Web Humor : GPL-related Humor : OFM Humor : Politically Incorrect Humor : IDS Humor : "Linux Sucks" Humor : Russian Musical Humor : Best Russian Programmer Humor : Microsoft plans to buy Catholic Church : Richard Stallman Related Humor : Admin Humor : Perl-related Humor : Linus Torvalds Related humor : PseudoScience Related Humor : Networking Humor : Shell Humor : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2011 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2012 : Financial Humor Bulletin, 2013 : Java Humor : Software Engineering Humor : Sun Solaris Related Humor : Education Humor : IBM Humor : Assembler-related Humor : VIM Humor : Computer Viruses Humor : Bright tomorrow is rescheduled to a day after tomorrow : Classic Computer Humor

The Last but not Least Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage and those who manage what they do not understand ~Archibald Putt. Ph.D


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