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Last time I ended up not being able to create my user because I didn't have a group for it and ran out of time before I needed to call it a night. So I'll start tonight by creating a group for my user. Go to the puppet config dir:...

Last night I got the server upgraded to ububtu 10.04 and installed puppet. The first and only recipe we've got is one to make sure our sudoers file has the proper permissions. Tonight I'm hoping to: Add myself a user Automatically create me ssh key Prevent root from logging in...

I woke up this morning to a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.04 I was just itching to configure, but I had to work. So it wasn't until after the kids got fed and put to bed I could get started. What I'm aiming to accomplish tonight it to get the...

So I've just trashed a perfectly good, working server install. That's right, I threw it all away, and for what you ask? For you gentle reader... and because I found a new toy that I wanted to play with, puppet. Puppet is a configuration management tool, Adobe use it to...

Things around here have stalled a bit I've not had much free time what with a new job and travelling. The time I have had I've spent getting a build server setup. Replacing my ageing trac/subversion install is something I've meant to do for a while and just never got...