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Ping servers and check the result from C program?

Hi This is My last question. Now my new requirement is to ping some set of servers and check if they are replying or not. I am trying my way of system("ping xxx.xx.xx.xx >out.txt"); And then parsing the out.txt for a string "Request timed out.". This is yielding me good results. But is there any better way to do from c program. Non p...

Can I associate ssh username with commit with git over ssh ?

I am trying to setup a shared git repository via ssh, copying users public keys to the authorized_keys. I'd really like the "username" from the ssh-key to be part of the commit history in the repo (so that the user "joe" cannot just set his name to be "kate" - we need some kind of accountability). Is there any way to do this ? ...

How can I achieve traceability in a git server-repository?

I need to set up a centralized git repository for a large team of in-house developers. I need some convincing mechanism that allows me to trace a given commit back to a user. As I understand from this question, this will probably not be the actual git-authors. I do not expect to be using this information for anything (other than satisfy...

How to transfer a binary file or any file to a remote server? - Ruby

The situation is that I'm trying to write a server script that accepts file transfers from a client. I figured out how to make and connect to and from the server using the TCP protocol. However I was wondering how do you transfer a binary file in ruby? I mean you can open a binary file, but what steps are necessary to be able to transfe...

Critique my server design please.

Hi Guys, I am designing a server in java which would be used to trade bonds. This server will act as a mediator between the client UI and the analytical server. The analytical server is the brain, my server will simply interact with it (using tcp sockets) and forward the responses to the client. The server is expected to handle ~500 cl...

Which of these would be the best Rails server setup?

Here are my choices: Apache2 and Passenger Nginx and Mongrel Cluster Nginx and Passenger It's a linux vps with 256 ram. So, which do you guys recommend? ...

How to write my own Server Logging script?

I need to log the hits on a sub-domain in Windows IIS 6.0 without designating them as separate websites in the IIS Manager. I have been told this is not possible. How can I write my own script to do this? I'm afraid google analytics is not an option due to the setup, I just need access (i'm guessing) to the file request event and its pr...

jquery ajax & full server path

Is there a way to use a full server path instead of a url when submitting a form via ajax with jquery? The exemple below doesn't work but it will give you an idea of what I'm trying to do. I know you can't do cross domain ajax requests but this is all on the same physical server. I don't want to set up proxy or anything too fancy, if t...

how to fetch the public key from public key server

i have stored my public key on the public key server .now i have to fetch/retrieve public key from that public key server using the python script/programme .how can i do this? also want to know the way how to execute gpg commands within my programme. ...

What is a good way to set about diagnosing ASP.NET connection issues?

Whilst on the surface this question looks like it should be on serverfault.com I have a reason for posting here first. I developed an ASP.NET 2.0 web application. Just recently with heavier usage there have been errors whilst (Cannot connect to server) in the middle of an post back or AJAX call. However the errors are intermittent and...

Runtime information in C daemon

The user, administrators and support staff need detailed runtime and monitoring information from a daemon developed in C. In my case these information are e.g. the current system health, like throughput (MB/s), already written data, ... the current configuration I would use JMX in the Java world and the procfs (or sysfs) interface ...

What is my LDAP Connection String

Are thee any tools out there that can tell you what your LDAP connection string is? ...

Delphi Interbase JSON server

I'm building a little personal project; I wish to have a Windows Service that will act as a simple HTTP server accepting requests via HTTP, run queries against an Interbase 6/7 server and then return results in JSON format. Could anyone recommend some tutorials, free components or just a quick plan of how they would develop the various ...

In TCPServer (Ruby) how can i get the IP/MAC from the client?

Hi, i want to get the IP Address of the client in a TCPServer in Ruby. And (if it is possible) the MAC Address. For example, a Time Server in Ruby, see the comment. tcpserver = TCPServer.new("", 80) if tcpserver puts "Listening" loop do socket = tcpserver.accept if socket Thread.new do puts "Connected from" + # HERE! How c...

Communication among clients in Delphi 2009

I wanna build a Win32 app of Client/Server (or 3-tier) type with follow features: When the "A" client does a modification (update,insert, etc) into a database, the rest of clients viewing the same record set can get almost "instantly" a fresh view of this data a client can be notified when a connection to database get lost could some...

PHP IF Statement Evaluation & Server Overhead

I'm curious what the impact on the server is when PHP if statements are evaluated, i.e. memory consumption and CPU usage and if this could become a major issue as traffic grows? For example, if I use a lot of PHP IF statements in the theme for each post summary on a WordPress blog, is this going to require a great deal more server resou...

C# IPv6 Server error

I'm trying to create a small HTTP server in C# but I'm having some trouble with IPv6 clients. I have IPv6 support on my machine but when I try to create a listening socket it fails. Log("Creating server socket on port {0}", LogType.Info, _port); _serversocket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetworkV6, SocketType.Stream, Prot...

C# server that supports IPv6 and IPv4 on the same port

Is it possible to have a Socket that listens and accepts both IPv6 and IPv4 clients? I used a IPv6 socket in C# hoping that it would automatically be backwards compatible but IPv4 clients cause an invalid ip address exception. ...

Detect Robot on Server??

Hi, This question sort of extends my other question on robots and captcha. I did what everyone recommend (thanks everyone!), however is it at all possible to detect a robot on the server first? For Example (Once again, I will use Stackoverflow as a reference): Sometimes when I ask a question, Stackoverflow comes back asking me to verify...

SSH setup for the multiple server admin

Hi all, I´m looking for a good ssh password/key setup for a system administration of multiple servers. The ideal one will be one that can be at the same time comfortable and secure, but after thinking a lot around the problem, no solution seems acceptable. Basically I arrive to these 2 setups: One where every server has a strong (and...