Enforcing password complexity on Solaris
Solaris 10 is the first version of Solaris to provide a complex set of variables for controlling password strength.
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SSH Cheat Sheet
This post provides me with a reminder of the syntax for the most useful SSH features I use whist auditing systems.
Troubleshooting 'too many open files'
Applications or servers can sometimes fail with an error indicating that there are too many open files for the current process. Most of the time.
How to change user password on Solaris/Linux
How to change a user password on Solaris/Linux systems and also see password policy
How to Change or Set hostname on OEL/RHEL/CentOS 6
A simple post for those who are new to Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) or Red Hat Linux (RHEL) version 6 and wish to change hostname.
Using "sneep" to find/set the chassis serial number
sneep is a utility that displays the chassis serial number for a given Solaris system. A handy tool to use when inventoring your data centre.
Running NetBackup Reports from Command line
This post provides the command line equivalents for running the NetBackup reports available in the NetBackup user interface
Disabling SELinux in Oracle Linux 6
In this post, we walk through steps you can follow to check the status of SELinux and also disable it in OEL 6, if it is enabled.
Solaris Deferred Activation Patching (DAP)
With DAP the reboot is deferred until all patching is completed unlike non-DAP kernel patches which forced reboot before other patches can be applied.
Introduction to Solaris Live Upgrade
The Solaris Live Upgrade revolutionises the way that you add patches to Solaris products and can save you hours of time and effort.