Monthly Archives: October 2009

Catching warnings from the MySQLdb module

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

The MySQLdb Python module implements the Python DB API for MySQL. I’ve written about its use before. MySQL issues warning messages in a number of circumstances and PEP 249 (which specifies the Python DB API) describes a Warning error message … Continue reading →

Posted in Python | Tagged MySQL, Programming, Python | 3 Comments

Viewing all users on a Linux system

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

There are a number of widely-used and stable utilities on Linux systems that allow you to view information related to users. You can see who’s logged in with who, get info on a particular user with finger, see who you … Continue reading →

Posted in CLI | Tagged Bash, CLI, Linux, sysadmin | 7 Comments

Great open source virtualization with VirtualBox

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

My first forays into virtualization were at work and utilized VMware’s myriad offerings (Player, Workstation, Server, ESX, VI). I was impressed by the capabilities of VMware’s products, and of course excited by the possibilities of virtualization. But for home use … Continue reading →

Posted in Desktop, Virtualization | Tagged VirtualBox, Virtualization | 1 Comment

Editing Trac comments at the DB layer

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

Today I needed to alter the content of a comment made on a Trac ticket. I didn’t anticipate this would be a difficult task, but I wasn’t too familiar with Trac’s DB schema. So to save you a few consternated … Continue reading →