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Expert Profile: mkitwrk

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, 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, cups, 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. 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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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 380
Knowledge	10.0 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	10.0 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.92 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		59

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	08/14/08
10	10	10	10	07/07/08
10	10	10	10	07/15/08
10	10	10	10	06/26/08
10	10	10	10	05/29/08

User Comments

Your 2 statements are exactly correct. I will schedule some downtime on the server and give it a shot. Thanks so much for your input! Paul
(Paul on 07/07/08)

Hi, I am done what you said. just the 1st step i found out that service i install but i forgot.
(peggy on 07/15/08)

Very responsive.
(Tim on 06/26/08)

A HUGE HELP!
(brian on 05/29/08)

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Recent Answers from mkitwrk

2008-11-16 LVM (with RAID5): The actual space taken up by creating LVM is very small. What you are seeing as "missing" is the probably the reserved space for the inode table for the filesystem. It typically takes up from 1% to 2%...

2008-10-20 linux: Hi, Ubuntu or Fedora would be my choice to install for a novice personal computer user. I mainly set up and use servers, so I usually use Debian Etch or RedHat ES5. Hence my bias toward the related...

2008-10-14 Can I mount a NFS share as a user other than root?: Using "sudo" on the client machine, you can run the mount command as any valid user that exists on the client machine. If you have the root password, for instance, that would allow you to be logged in...

2008-10-14 Can I mount a NFS share as a user other than root?: Only if the fstab file says that "user" can do so. See the man page on "mount". The following entry makes it possible for users (other than root) to mount CD's: /dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660...

2008-10-10 how to open rescue log files?: I am not familiar with the application. (googled it on the the web... looks interesting...) Most apps have a configuration file that specifies where to log information... First, I'd look in /etc/robo*...