ssh public keys fail if authorized_keys has incorrect permissions
I ran into a subtle problem yesterday that I feel is worth sharing. I was setting up SSH public keys so one box could ssh to another without a password promp...
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Which side is the gas cap on?
I travel for a living, which means I rent a lot of cars. I used to have that moment when I pulled into the gas station and suddenly realized that I didn’t kn...
Ruby constants have weird behavior in class_eval
I was playing with some code the other day, and I noticed that constants work strangely in class_eval blocks. Sometimes it can find the constant, and sometim...
Working on a remote box with sshfs
I needed to edit numerous files today on a remote linux box. Normally, I would ssh in and use vi. However, I had to edit ruby/rhtml files and I wanted a fami...
Useful unix tricks
Update (2/20/09): Check out Useful unix tricks – part 2, Useful unix tricks – part 3 and Useful unix tricks – part 4