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Disable the power/suspend key on Sun keyboard

Updated 20 Apr 2005 Read time 34 sec(s) (3029 visits).

In this post I show options to disable the power/suspend key and an alternative to reassign the key to perform screenlock instead.

Updated 7 Mar 2005 Read time 3 min(s) 44 sec(s) (3003 visits).

For standard Sparc servers the normal method of setting up a jumpstart is the be st forward, but for X86 clients PXE is the way to boot Solaris.

Updated 19 May 2014 Read time 1 min 3 sec(s) (3825 visits).

syslog is an important facility need in all enterprises. We as sysadmins look at syslogs as a critical source to troubleshoot performance issues

Updated 7 Jan 2005 Read time 0 sec(s) (2432 visits).

Updated 15 Oct 2004 Read time 7 min(s) 42 sec(s) (1265 visits).

Solaris Fault Management Architecture (FMA) introduces a new software architecture and methodology for fault management across Sun's product line.

Updated 15 Oct 2004 Read time 3 min(s) 31 sec(s) (1593 visits).

The Solaris FireEngine project is a high performance networking framework based on an IP classifier and vertical perimeters.

Updated 29 Dec 2009 Read time 5 min(s) 22 sec(s) (693 visits).

NIS+ is a network information service enables system administrators to manage a group of servers from a central location

Updated 9 Jul 2004 Read time 5 min(s) 48 sec(s) (2597 visits).

This quick reference guide provides a crib sheet style listing for administrating NIS and NIS+ environments.

Updated 23 Mar 2004 Read time 2 min(s) 0 sec(s) (3029 visits).

An assortment of miscellaneous Solaris commands that are useful to both novice and experienced Solaris administrators

Updated 20 Feb 2004 Read time 1 min 36 sec(s) (2647 visits).

To make an updated /kernel/drv/st.conf file active, it is necessary to reload the st (SCSI Tape) kernel module