Wasted some time figuring out how to create folders within mail folders.
Client: Thunderbird, server: Dovecot, mailbox format: Mbox.
Month: January 2015
Stop cron from cluttering syslog
Every time a cron job is executed, an entry will be added to syslog, no matter whether the job succeeded or not. I have a couple of crons that run every minute, so syslog gets awfully cluttered with useless lines. Adding > /dev/null or > /dev/null 2>&1 to the job commands doesn’t help.
When the server ran out of inodes
A while ago I couldn’t add any files to a Debian server I control. It was pretty odd, as there was plenty of free disk space available (df -h will show that).
After I deleted a number of web cache files, I could add new files again. But soon the problem would return, leaving me wondering what was wrong.
Automated rsync backups from a webserver to Qnap NAS
How to make a daily copy of backup files from a webserver on Debian to a local NAS using rsync over SSH.
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