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IT systems specialists in e-Science and SAN at UEA
by Simon Jude 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Hi, I hope that nobody minds me posting a job advert to the list but I thought that there might be some interest the positions that are available at UEA. Simon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:01:30 +0100 From: "Boswell Andrew Dr (ITCS) s139" <A.Boswell(a)uea.ac.uk> To: "Jude Simon Dr (ENV)" <S.Jude(a)uea.ac.uk> Subject: IT SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS in e-Science and SAN at UEA Dear Simon, If you know anyone who may be interested in these new posts in ITCS, please forward this message on. I'm very happy to have a chat with a chat anyone who wants to know more information. Andrew Dr Andrew Boswell Senior System Developer and e-Science Consultant IT and Computing Services email : A.Boswell(a)uea.ac.uk University of East Anglia phone : +44-1603-592349 Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK fax : +44-1603-593467 _____ [Current Vacancies] <http://www.uea.ac.uk/> <http://www.uea.ac.uk/> <http://www.uea.ac.uk/> <http://www.uea.ac.uk/> [UEA Norwich] <http://www.uea.ac.uk/> <http://www.uea.ac.uk/> <http://www.uea.ac.uk/> Issued by the Personnel Office Date: 2004 _____ Return to: Current <http://www.uea.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/admin/welcome.htm> Vacancies: Administrative and Other Related Current <http://www.uea.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/welcome.htm> Vacancies Index _____ Information Services Directorate IT SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS We are looking for two experienced IT Systems Specialists to join a small IT systems team within the Information Services Directorate. Post 1: Indefinite (Ref: AD269) Post 2: Fixed-Term for 2 years (Ref: AD270) One role is an indefinite post and the other a two-year post to provide additional support within the team during the installation of a storage infrastructure and e-science technologies at UEA. The postholders will be part of the IT systems teams which provides central server support at UEA and will be expected to work with the project teams for the two projects, supporting the installation, configuration, initial maintenance and service development of the storage and e-science technologies. The successful applicants will require in-depth OS skills in Linux (preferably Redhat) and Solaris, Microsoft Windows systems OS skills (preferably Active Directory, 2000 and 2003), Unix shell programming and high-level language programming. Experience of at least one of the following will be essential, preferably in a higher education environment; installation and maintenance of open source, operating system and commercial software under Unix/Microsoft, storage management and cluster/fail-over server management. Training on e-science and storage technologies will be provided as required. The postholders will require good communication, analysis and customer care skills. A flexible and self-motivated approach to work will be essential, as will good time management skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Salary will be in the range £22,507 to £29,128 per annum. Further particulars and an application form should be obtained from the Personnel Office, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ (e-mail: personnel(a)uea.ac.uk <mailto:%20personnel@uea.ac.uk> or answerphone: 01603 593493), to be returned by 12 October 2004. Please quote the appropriate reference number. _____ Further Particulars and an application form may also be obtained on-line: <http://www.uea.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/admin/ad269.pdf> *Further Particulars in PDF format <http://www.uea.ac.uk/personnel/forms/ac-r1.pdf> *Application Form in PDF format Notes: * Application forms obtained by this means should be printed, completed and posted to the UEA Personnel Office at the address shown above. * The Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form at the end of the application form must be completed but will be detached and the information given will not be used in the selection process. * You should read <http://www.uea.ac.uk/personnel/fp/guide-ac.htm> Guidelines for Candidates - Academic and Related Staff Appointments as well as any other relevant sections in <http://www.uea.ac.uk/personnel/fp/welcome.htm> Further Particulars to assist you in completing your application. * Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF documents and if necessary can be obtained free from the Adobe website. <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html> [Get Adobe Acrobat Reader] _____ Return to: Current <http://www.uea.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/admin/welcome.htm> Vacancies: Administrative and Other Related Current <http://www.uea.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/welcome.htm> Vacancies Index

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Linux for kids for XMAS...
by Steve Purkiss 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Hello again, My sis and a friend of hers are looking to buy PC & printer for use by "the kids" for XMAS. When I say kids, we're talking the 4+ age group. Obviously the adults will want mail, web, office, etc. but nothing too daunting - thought I'd ask if anyone has hardware + distro recommendations. We're talking easy-to-use once installed and cheap solution.... however I was thinking mini-ITX cases etc. Any ideas? I want to give them a good base to learn from ;) Steve p.s. thought I'd ask on here as still pretty lonely in LUGE at the mo... but it'll get there in time... -- Open for Organisations - supporting open source software http://www.open4.org Tel: +44(0)1245 611825 Mod: +44(0)7813 646457

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LinuxWorldExpo - get your free breakfast!
by Steve Purkiss 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

Hiya, In case I hadn't mentioned already ;) I'll be on stand 192 next week at www.LinuxWorldExpo.co.uk showing off www.LinuxVAR.co.uk and the XOOPS CMS/Portal. Interactive Ideas, sponsors of the site, are also laying on a free breakfast with product demos too from the likes of vmware and Sybase at the Hilton Olympia (both days + anyone can come along) so get fed first. Free tickets to the show also being given out then - if you still need a ticket then make sure you tick the box on the bottom of this form when filling it out: http://www.interactiveideas.com/company/breakfast.php See you there, Steve -- Open for Organisations - supporting open source software http://www.open4.org Tel: +44(0)1245 611825 Mod: +44(0)7813 646457

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Norwich technology event
by MJ Ray 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

There is a possibility of any space that becomes available at a fully-booked technology business event in Norwich in 2 months. Because of other commitments, I don't think I will be able to make full use of it. Are any other ALUGgers' firms interested in sharing? Email me directly, then I'll let you know if I get the offer and we'll see what we can do together. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and not of any group I know Creative copyleft computing - http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ LinuxExpo.org.uk village 6+7 Oct http://www.affs.org.uk

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Over What Resources Is nice Nice?
by Dan Hatton 29 Sep '04

29 Sep '04

I have a large ftp transaction in progress, with an ADSL-connected machine as the client, and my life would be more comfortable if other things (specifically X11 connections, with the same ADSL-connected machine as the X server) got priority over the ftp transaction for using the ADSL modem. I tried renice 20 [PID of the ftp client], which reported that it had changed the priority of the ftp client from 0 to 19, but this doesn't seem to have speeded up my X applications any, so I'm guessing that nice priority settings only apply to CPU, not to network bandwidth: is this right? If so, how can I make the ftp client be "nice" about network usage? -- Thanks Dan Hatton <http://www.bib.hatton.btinternet.co.uk/dan/>

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RE: [ALUG] Eye Candy
by Dave Briggs 29 Sep '04

29 Sep '04

Hi all, I am new-ish. I still haven't found a GUI which I find intuitive. One of the problems with the current Windows system, and which is copied by KDE and Gnome, is the 'Start' menu system for loading programs. I hate it. It's better in KDE, where onmy set up all the applications are organised by type making it much easier to find stuff. But it is still a pain. There is also, for me, an illogicality between using a 'Start' type menu, and the desktop - i.e. one being for apps and one for files (roughly). I just don't think this makes sense. Windows compounds this further of course by having a third environment - the Explorer. I'm not sure what my ideal GUI would have. Probably Desktop-only, with a folder with applications on it, and one for files. Perhaps a floating toolbar with regularly used apps and the time and stuff on it, but even that might be making things too complicated! Anyone else care to describe (as much as they can) their ideal GUI? Dave -- Dave Briggs http://www.palimpsest.org.uk - The Home of Informed Debate on the Web

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PHP developer wanted with PM potential
by Steve Purkiss 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hi all, I need some help, so I'm looking to employ a PHP developer, preferably with exerience of OSCommerce and/or XOOPS but not essential. If you know of any local to Chelmsford please let me know off-list. Thank you, Steve

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Coax ethernet plumbing ...
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

Hi Folks, I had always laboured under the belief that when you implement a network using coaxial ethernet cable, you basically had to have a single linear cable with pick-off at T-pieces along its length, and that branching coax structures were not on. In particular, if you needed, say, to connect a laptop [C] to an ethernet between machines [A] and [B], and it wasn't feasible to extend the cable beyond [A] or [B] to reach [C] but the middle of the cable itself passed not too far from [C], then I thought that the only solution was to bring the cable in a long loop to [C] and connect to a T-piece in the middle of the cable. I.e. [A]--------- -------------[B] | | | | | | | | | | \ / T | [C] However, thinking about it a bit and then trying it out, I discover that you can in fact set up a branching coax network. The trick is to use spare T-pieces to implement the branching. Like this: [A]----------T-------------[B] =I [T-piece at 90 degrees] | | [C]-----=I [T-piece on branch cable] | | [more machines on branch if you like] | =I [terminated T-piece to close branch] The trick is the first T-piece at 90 degrees, whose lateral ("male") insert is plugged into the "female" socket of the T-piece doing its usual job on the main cable. The ("female") end of the "branch" cable is then put onto the other "male" insert of the first T-piece at 90 degrees. This piece of trickery ensures valid connection (and indeed functions just like the normal connection at the ethernet card). And you will of course need a terminated T-piece at the far end of the "branch" cable in the usual way. No doubt this could be extended to a whole tree of coax, though shortage of spare T-pieces (and spare machines to hook onto them to test it) prevents me from testing it. Apologies if it's not new to you, but since I hadn't heard of it being done before I thought I'd share the idea. Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 [NB: New number!] Date: 26-Sep-04 Time: 16:25:41 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Re: [ALUG] Apache front for Tomcat/Cocoon
by Richard Lewis 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

On Friday, Sep 24, 2004, at 16:59 Europe/London, Martijn Koster wrote: > I've not needed to setup a reverse proxy, but the mod_proxy > documentation page says you need a: > > ProxyRequests Off > <Proxy *> > Order deny,allow > Allow from all > </Proxy> > ProxyPass /foo http://foo.example.com/bar > ProxyPassReverse /foo http://foo.example.com/bar > > Do you have an Allow like that? > I do now! Thanks very much, its all working now. On Friday, Sep 24, 2004, at 17:02 Europe/London, Andrew Savory wrote: > > On 24 Sep 2004, at 16:42, Richard Lewis wrote: >> I've got two Cocoon (2.1) webapps running under Tomcat (4.1) on my >> server (Debian, j2sdk1.4-sun, Apache 2.0). My network service >> provided has given me two aliases for the machine which I want to >> point to the two webapps. > > For shame, Richard, for shame. This is not the cocoon-users mailing > list, you know ;-) I tried them but no one answered :-( Anyway ALUG people are much more often correct about things than anywhere else ;-) > > Dump Tomcat, run both sites through Jetty (you really -don't- want to > run two Cocoon instances, look at mount-table.xml for the quickest way > to mangle your Cocoon urlspace safely. Follow the wiki docs, they are > very good. (Actually, its just one Cocoon instance). Is Jetty really better, I thought the documentation said that Jetty was provided for a test environment rather than production? Thanks for your help, Richard

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