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Patch for Alien::SVN for RPM Builds

--- inc/My/SVN/Builder.pm	2007-12-26 21:30:26.000000000 -0800
+++ inc/My/SVN/Builder.pm.tkimball	2010-03-25 12:57:02.402926000 -0700
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
                  $Config{siteprefix};
 
     my %args = (
-        prefix => $prefix,
         libdir => File::Spec->catdir(
             $self->install_destination('arch'), 'Alien', 'SVN'
         ),
@@ -161,10 +160,10 @@
 
     _chdir_to_svn;
 
-    $self->_run("make install-lib")
+    $self->_run("make install-lib DESTDIR=\$RPM_BUILD_ROOT")
         or do { warn "installing libs failed"; return 0 };
 

Card Shuffler in C

There are a lot of card shuffling examples out there, I guess to show examples of rand(). 20 minutes and some ghetto code later, here is one with card structures defined. It takes one argument, which is the number of decks you want to shuffle. Read the code to learn more.

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
 
struct card {
    char sname;
    char lname[12];
    char suit[12];
};
 
char snames[14] = "A23456789TJQK\0";
 
char *lnames[14] = {
    "Ace",
    "Two",
    "Three",
    "Four",
    "Five",
    "Six",
    "Seven",

Generate DNS A/PTR Records from DHCPd config

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Genreate A/PTR records off dhcpd config
# 
# Assumes the following layout
#
#  host host1-vlan1 {
#       hardware ethernet 00:16:3e:10:11:b3;
#       fixed-address 10.74.17.29;
#  }
# 
#  host host2-vlan2 {
#        hardware ethernet 00:16:3e:12:ee:79;
#        fixed-address 10.74.17.30;
#  }
 
use strict;
use warnings;
 
use constant DOMAIN => 'domain.com';
use constant LINES_BETWEEN_MATCHES => 2;
 
my $file = '/etc/dhcpd.conf';
 
if (( ! -e $file ) || ( ! -r $file ))
{
	print STDERR "Unable to read/open dhcpd config.\n";

MountedFS Plugin for Spine (http://code.ticketmaster.com)

# -*- mode: perl; cperl-continued-brace-offset: -4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
# vim:shiftwidth=2:tabstop=8:expandtab:textwidth=78:softtabstop=4:ai:
 
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

RestartServices plugin patch for Spine (http://code.ticketmaster.com/)

--- /usr/lib/spine/Spine/Plugin/RestartServices.pm	2009-04-07 12:17:40.000000000 -0700
+++ RestartServices.pm	2009-08-18 15:29:00.000000000 -0700
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@
 {
     my $c = shift;
     my $rval = 0;
+    my %rshash;
 
     my $start_time = $c->getval('c_start_time');
-    my $service_bin = $c->getval('service_bin');
-
     my $startup = $c->getvals('startup');
     my $restart_deps = $c->getvals('restart_deps');
     my $touch = File::Touch->new( no_create => 1 );
@@ -68,22 +67,23 @@
 
     foreach my $entry (@{$restart_deps})
     {

Nagios check for log filesizes

#!/usr/bin/perl
 
#
# This is a very simple file size checking script.  It scans all files in 
# a specified directory for files which pass the specified thresholds.  The
# default notifications are 4GB for warning, and 5GB for critical.  Both 
# the thresholds and directory can be overwritten via the command line.
#
# Note that bz2, gz, and pid extensions are automatically ignored.
#
# $Id: check_local_logs,v 1.4 2007-08-28 22:26:05 taylor Exp $
#
 
use warnings;
use strict;
 
use File::Glob ':glob';
use File::stat;
use Getopt::Long;

Netapp IOPS/NFSOPS Statisitic Gatherer

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# filerops: Gather statistics on NetApp filers
 
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Basename;
use Getopt::Long;
 
sub usage
{
	my $script = basename($0);
	print <<USAGE
 
	$script -f <filer> -i <minutes> <-n|-s> [-o]
 
                -f <filer>  filer to gather stats from
                -h          this elite help menu, hack the planet
		-i <min>    interval in minutes before gathering data
                -n          gather nfsops statistics
                            netapp: nfsstat

DenyHosts reporting script (sshd/httpd)

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# dhreport.pl: grab sshd/httpd versions from owned hosts
#	       return ownage if possible? :)
#
 
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::Basename;
use Getopt::Long;
use IO::Socket::INET;
use LWP::UserAgent; 
 
sub usage 
{
	my $script = basename($0);
	print <<USAGE
 
	$0 [ -f <file> -t <timeout> ]
 
		-f 	hosts.deny file to read from
			default: /etc/hosts.deny
 
		-t	timeout for outbound connections
			default: 4
 
	NOTE: hosts.deny file assumes 'sshd: <host>' format
 
USAGE
;
 
	exit 0;
}
 
 
my $opt = {};
GetOptions( $opt,

Shameful Takedown requests from Wynn Resorts

The problem

Our friends at VegasTripping have received a hilarious (read: frivolous) legal threat from Wynn Resorts. Check out the original post here!

This letter pisses us off for a number of reasons. Lets address them one at a time.

The facts

GHETTOCODE/TEAM UNICORN PRESENTS: THE D-WALK

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