I find the Apache mod_status module to be very helpful in respect to Apache server performance/usage monitoring and debugging. However I have read books and posts stating a performance hit when the module is enabled particularly with “ExtendedStatus On”, so what’s the real deal? I never hear what the impact is, in a real world setting.
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If your like me you like to know who is logging into your servers, hopefully this blog entry will help. So the scenerio goes someone has logged into your server through means not legal or ethical at 4 AM and wants to do who knows what. It would be great to get a email notification to your phone and wake up to take care of business. The script below should help:

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Here are some helpful tips on altering your BASH command prompt. Info in your command prompt can improve your work productivity and also prevent you from doing the wrong thing at the wrong place.
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Often times you have automated scripts that require access to multiple machines from a single source and need to do so without having to deal with ssh password prompts. And in other instances you may have a bastian host (strong point) security model which you would like to have passwordless communication from. Below are 10 steps to setting up passwordless authentication with SSH in Linux.
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