church1e's blog

Changing UIDs and GIDs for a user

2 Mar 2012 1 minute read 3356 visits.

A quick procedure to change the UID and GID for a given user using the usermod and groupmod commands.

14 Nov 2013 1 minute read 1983 visits.

You must be the global administrator or a user with appropriate authorization in the global zone to perform these procedures.

24 Feb 2012 1 minute read 865 visits.

Modifying /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf to configure naming services is depricated in Solaris 11, We now perform this task using SMF.

22 Feb 2012 1 minute read 3112 visits.

If you have multiple savesets in suspect or notsuspect mode and you want to change their mode without using scripts simply review this article.

10 Jan 2012 4 minute read 1191 visits.

A simple process to cleanup the LiveUpgrade configuration for the solenv1 and alternative boot environments without impacting the system.

6 Jan 2012 1 minute read 1097 visits.

An article on how to install the NetWorker 7.6 client on Ubuntu or Debian unsupported platforms

3 Jan 2012 1 minute read 2840 visits.

A simple step-by-step guide on how to test phone home on a Celerra system

23 Dec 2011 1 minute read 2949 visits.

Sometimes we need to recover data from the tapes which are well beyond Browse & Retention Policies

18 Dec 2011 6 minute read 3042 visits.

This post is an introduction to the new virtual technology introduced from Sun Microsystems, namely Solaris Zones (not containers)

10 Dec 2011 2 minute read 3532 visits.

If like me you're not a fan of Spotlight and want to disable it completely then you can hese simple steps.