Category Archives: Tips
Exiting from Container Console if forgot to specify an escape character…
Once you have a non-global zone installed or running on a Solaris 10 installation, it is often useful to connect to the console of the zone. This provides the same control over the zone as connecting to the console of a physical server running Solaris. To connect to the console of a Solaris 10 zone … Continue reading
Top equivalent for AIX – Topas, Only Better
Top equivalent for AIX – Topas, Only Better… That’s what I searched when I got a ticket from one of the AIX boxes here complaining about CPU being 99% used up. Of course, you can use vmstat with interval, but for those sysadmin folks who are use to using Top, its still more comfortable using … Continue reading
wpv991242765100 – viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, rootkits, worms?
wpv991242765100.exe – What is it? You may be wondering what this filename or process is when you try and searching for any malicious application running in you Windows XP/VIsta machine.. (via Task manager). wpv991242765100.exe’s could be viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, rootkits, worms, information stealers, keyloggers, bots… I for one is not sure, but I also … Continue reading
UNIX One-Liners: Some Useful Shell Programs
My Favorite One-Liners: Some Useful Shell Programs… But first things first… I would like to note that this aint my list of favorite shell programs.. well, it has become… but what I mean is this aint an original article that I created and posted here.. this is a section from the now defunt, Sysadmin Magazine… … Continue reading
Removing DNSChanger Trojan (DNS hijacking and copy-book.com virus)
Have you heard of the DNSChanger Trojan? Read a blog entry that it’s getting more common these days so I thought to put an entry here at sysadmindayph.. after all, it’s part of the day’s work. What is a Trojan? A Trojan is a program that enables an attacker to get nearly complete control over … Continue reading
The Mikkey Worm – This worm is getting out of hand Twitter
“This worm is getting out of hand Twitter” – Mikkey. There was a swarm of messages flooding the twittersphere in the past couple of days. This twitter worm apparently hasn’t been controlled yet by twitter as the flood of messages that apparently coming from Mikkey, continues. I, myself, lucky for me haven’t been pested by … Continue reading
Download PuTTY – a free SSH and telnet client for Windows
An SSH Client is one of the most used tool of a Unix Sysadmin. There is no Unix System Administrator in the world who doesn’t use an SSH Client to connect to their servers remotely. One of the most famous (and Free) SSH Client available today is PuTTY. Download Putty now! Putty is a free … Continue reading
Xhamster Download All Videos!
xhamster videos for download, tips tutorial and other stuff. Let’s face it, one of the task and job functions of a System Administrator (aside from a whole lot of other jobs) is to trace and monitor our users internet activity. Online or internet activity meaning internet surfing, music and mp3 downloads, wallpapers of hot chics … Continue reading
Backspace Keys in UNIX Computers
Backspace keys not working in UNIX servers and computers? (Or probably just in computers, because if that’s a server, you’re probably the System Admin and you probably know what to do). I have a post about “Backspace Keys Not WOrking in UNIX” sometime back and I noticed that there are some people who search about … Continue reading
Restoring File From UFSdump Backup
Here’s what we did today on one of our Solaris box that is worth mentioning on this cool super system administrator’s blog ‘o mine! (Don’t you find it cool that SysAds are so funny?!) Anyhoo, today we re-jumpstarted a laboratory box because the ‘owner’ of it wants it back. Since we pretty much messed it … Continue reading