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Introduction to Virtualisation

Published 1 Mar 2010 Read time 2 min(s) 5 sec(s) (2704 visits).

When starting off in virtualisation you can use products such as MS Virtual server or VMware workstation/server.

Published 21 Feb 2010 Read time 1 min 4 sec(s) (2665 visits).

The standard pager in Solaris is more, the standard pager in Linux is less, so is less more or most

Updated 25 Feb 2011 Read time 51 sec(s) (2586 visits).

This trick isn't widely known but you can install a Solaris package directly from a HTTP source.

Updated 25 Feb 2011 Read time 1 min 41 sec(s) (2877 visits).

Many people install lsof on their system as they know it from Linux. But you have a similar tool in Solaris, namely pfiles.

Published 11 Feb 2010 Read time 52 sec(s) (3133 visits).

A simple post providing various methods of converting hexadecimal, binary and decimal with different Solaris commands,

Published 10 Feb 2010 Read time 1 min 54 sec(s) (2900 visits).

An article outlining steps needed to be able to use the SSH to access a remote system without supplying a password each time that you connect.

Published 1 Feb 2010 Read time 2 min(s) 45 sec(s) (3177 visits).

IPC allows information transfer or synchronization to occur between processes.

Published 20 Jan 2010 Read time 2 min(s) 40 sec(s) (3039 visits).

BART is a great little alternative to Tripwire or AIDE. While not so robust or full featured, it does what you need it to do with very little impact.

Published 18 Jan 2010 Read time 1 min 39 sec(s) (2955 visits).

To ensure the security of passwords on Solaris systems, you need to edit the /etc/default/passwd file to enforce password length and complexity.

Updated 18 Jan 2010 Read time 4 min(s) 36 sec(s) (2657 visits).

Solaris 10 is the first version of Solaris to provide a complex set of variables for controlling password strength.