Monthly Archives: March 2008
How To Change The Timezone On Solaris?
This is sort of like a follow up on my DST patch post How do I change the timezone on my Solaris server/workstation? Solution a) Edit /etc/TIMEZONE NOTE: the man page incorrectly states this file is called /etc/timezone b) Reboot your server with shutdown or init. Examples ——– US/Eastern US/Central US/Mountain US/Pacific For the full … Continue reading
Timezone Data Patch
Will be doing a DST patch tonight around 9:00pm tonight for Sydney servers. Basically, what needs to be done is to donwload the timezone data patch (109809-09), unzip and install. Installing patch: Installing the patch is as simple as executing ‘patchadd’. Since this will be on a Solaris 5.8, I’ll just be doing #patchadd /path/to/patch/dir/109809-09 … Continue reading
sshd-kbdint: Reuse of old passwords not allowed, the new password is in the history list
Got a request to reset a password of one of the development server’s account today. Apparently, one of the batch operators, mistyped the password one to many… It was locked. It was an LDAP environment and the SOP is to change the password to a pre-defined default password and then the user will be the … Continue reading
vi Search and Replace… The Basics, Dummy’s Reference
Yep, this is a dummy’s reference… I keep on forgetting the syntax so I might as well put it here for my own reference… vi is the one, if not the most popular text editor available for a System Administrator on a UNIX and UNIX-like machines. It has two modes, command and editor mode. Here … Continue reading
Trouble Installing Ubuntu on a NEO Laptop
I bought my very first laptop last week which comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Basic. My original plan was to erase the whole thing and put Ubuntu on it. Tried it couple of days ago but didn’t work out. After the boot up from the CD (requested a copy of Ubuntu 7.10) it displayed … Continue reading
Typical SysAds Salary
If you’re a System Administrator, have you ever wonder what really is you’re market value? I mean, have you ever stop and think about your salary and comparing it with other people on other fields of work… or from your fellow Sysads? I have. Here’s a link to the Salary Report for professional who are … Continue reading