Andrew Turnquist

Linux Notes

The following notes have been posted here:

A Patch to Cron to Allow Multiple Instances With Different Timezones

A patched version of Vixie cron that can be run multiple times for different timezones, allowing crontabs to be created which follow the rules for one or more non-local timezones.

A Patch to Mutt to Pass Outgoing Mail Recipients to an External Script

A patch to cause mutt to pass recipients of messages being sent to an external script for processing.

Sendmail Configuration Changes to Support SMTP Authentication

A guide to altering sendmail (on SuSE 9.1 linux) to make it send authentication data when talking to Frontiernet's mail server.

A Solution to some C++ Compilation Problems After Upgrading to g++ 3.x.

An explaination of how I solved mysterious compile errors after upgrading by adding the directive 'using namespace std' to my source code.