Dustin Minnich's Personal Website

[dustin@server public_html]$ php -f my_work.php

My interest in computers is not in the field of web development or programming. I like to think of myself as more of a sysadmin. I love setting up and maintaining server applications! I also enjoy doing technical research and deploying networks. Having these specific interests leaves me with little to show off of my past work. I guess I could post config files, logs, or pictures of servers, but none of that would really be useful to anyone.

Never the less, I have decided to post some random things below. If they are links to websites, I manage them. If they are PHP or shell scripts I wrote/modified them. If they are text files they are either tutorials I wrote or just geek notes in general.

Status Script	A simple bash script that emails you all kinds of vital information about your server.
Router Script	This script uses iptables to turn your linux machine into a powerful router. It has lots of comments that should help you tailor it to your specific network.
Backup Script	A simple bash script that backs up a list of directories into a tar gzip file.
Blacklist	A simple bash script that uses iptables to block a list of IP addresses in a text file.
Rsync Script	A ridiculously simple script to keep two directories in sync with one another.
Linux Home Server	This detailed guide shows you how to setup almost any kind of server daemon you would ever want in a home or SOHO environment. Topics include file sharing with NFS and Samba, FTP and Web servers, a proxy server, a time server, and much more.
Webhost	This detailed howto will show you how to setup your own basic webhost. This is a ~name solution, similar to the service that many ISPs and colleges offer.
Samba	This detailed howto will show you how to setup a public samba file server. The shares created in this guide will be totally open to everyone. This is insecure, but needed at times.
Geek Notes	Random useful notes and commands I've collected over the years.
Linux DVD9 to DVD5	How to copy a dual layer DVD to a single DVDR using only free linux applications.
Simple PHP News	A very simple PHP news script that uses a text file as its back end. It uses CSS, so it is easy to customize, and can be added to your existing page with a simple include statement. DEMO
Simple PHP Quote	This script displays a random quote out of a text file that you maintain. You can customize it with CSS, and add it to your page with a simple include statement. DEMO
Simple PHP Image	This script displays a random image from links in a text file that you maintain, or a random image out of a folder of images. You can customize it with CSS, and add it to your page with a simple include statement. DEMO
Simple PHP File Editor	This script will allow you to edit text based files (html, css, js, php, etc) while they are on your webhost. You choose the file you want to edit and it is then opened into a textarea where you can make your changes. Why bother with FTP if all you want to do is make a small change? DEMO
Simple PHP Dir Lister	This script is meant to be alternative to Apaches directory indexing feature. Simply drop the file in the directory you want indexed. You can also choose to hide certain files and load descriptions of each file from an external text file. DEMO
Sell Kubuntu	Some files I put together at my last job to hopefully help us sell some linux based computers to customers. These files include banners, flyers, linux facts, linux cloning procedures and other things.
IE Quick Search	A registry file for windows. When imported you can do searches from the Internet Explorer address bar. For instance "g Cars" will do a google search for cars. Open the file with notepad to see the full list of shortcuts.
WPPM	An old all-in-one webserver distribution I used to piece together for Windows. Similar to lampp. Uses a lightweight webserver called WebWeaver instead of apache, also includes PHP, Perl, and MySQL.