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mkitwrk

U.S.
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returns 11/30/2009
Expertise

Expert: Creating and managing *nix database/application servers for use with dl4/unibasic/mysql/apache/thoroughbred applications, espcially in medical environments. Strengths: scripting, backup and disaster recovery, routing, samba/smbfs/cifs, LPRng, CUPS, telnet/ssh/sftp, vsftp, rsync, new system preparation, system duplication, database design, system conversions (AIX/SCO-OS5/Linux) Familiar With: apache/apache-ssl, mysql, php, c, awk, sed, gnome, nfs

Experience in the area

I've been head of development at our company since 1984. Our OS's at that time were Point 4's IRIS and Altos' Xenix. Then: SCO Xenix, SCO Unix, AIX, SCO-OS5, Caldera, RedHat 7, Debian Sarge, RedHat ES4, Debian Etch, Redhat ES5, Debian Lenny. I've migrated our clients through those various versions with minimal interruption while preserving their investments in hardware and staff knowledge over time.

Education/Credentials

1980 BSBA Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri

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  • Knowledgeability 10.0
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 9.93
  • Politeness 10.0
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  • Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour Period) 5
  • Total Questions (since joining AllExperts) 116
  • Volunteer Since 2008-01-18
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Recent Answers from mkitwrk

2009-11-20 booting failure:

Things that will help: Knowing the hardware configuration of the disk subsystem (RAID, IDE, SCSI, SAS, etc.) Knowing the base filesystem layout that exists on the disk subsystem. (/root, /usr, /u, etc

2009-11-15 multiple argements to script:

Here's one way: (echo -e "set -- \c"; cat arguments.txt; cat ./script) | bash Another way is to accumulate the args and create a second (temporary) script and execute it. (echo -e "./script \c"; cat

2009-11-03 64 bits OS:

Debian's default GUI is the Gnome Desktop. RedHat's is as well. They just dress up the desktop differently and provide somewhat different choices for applications... OpenVZ does create files that are

2009-11-01 64 bits OS:

Hi Rick, I have little experience with setting up and using dual-boot systems, but I have lots of experience setting up development environments on Linux and Windows. Current tools I have set up

2009-10-29 edit stuff:

It depends on how the script is being used and what it does. With only a snippet, the answer is yes it can be done, but not in the same context. You are cutting the script from 4 to 3 inputs... But

 

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