Category Archives: tips
automate installing tripwire using expect
tripwire is a handy part of an intrusion detection system. It’s a nice piece of software but the installer is interactive which makes it a pain to install automatically (e.g. when using PoolParty/EC2). Below is a simple expect script I whipped up to solve the make install problem. Hopefully this will save someone two or [...]
adding macruby to multiruby versions
Modified from Rob Seaman’s post. multiruby is a great way to make sure your ruby code runs on the multitude of ruby versions (it’s part of ZenTest). It doesn’t install macruby by default. Here are instructions on how to set it up. Since I installed macruby from the package installer my macruby files are in [...]
fixing the disabled snapshot button in vmware fusion