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Another SCO Unix Filepro System Bites The Dust
I spent most of yesterday on the phone helping another consultant port a SCO Unix Filepro system over to Linux.
Actually, we had started this more than a month back but ran into a Filepro snag: she had done all her menus using a product called...
Date: 2007-12-11
Rackspace: Two reasons you should host with us before 2008
We take on the day-to-day burdens that bog down your IT department, so it can get back to focusing on the important things. That means that you'll never have to implement, update, troubleshoot, patch, monitor, administer, backup data or worry again. That's what managed hosting means at Rackspace.
Date: 2007-11-26
Who Locked That File?
I can't even imagine how many times I've heard someone complain about a locked file. Sometimes it's simple - the call goes out "Who has record 758 open?" or something like that, and sure enough, Bill forgot he was
Date: 2007-11-20
SCO Bumbles Along
I now, I know: don't kick a man when he's down. Poor SCO doesn't have much time left on this earth, and here I am complaining about their stuff.. oh well, I'm a horrible person and that's just the way it is.
Date: 2007-11-16
Rackspace: Two reasons you should host with us before 2008
We take on the day-to-day burdens that bog down your IT department, so it can get back to focusing on the important things. That means that you'll never have to implement, update, troubleshoot, patch, monitor, administer, backup data or worry again.
Date: 2007-10-29
Quest & PassGo Team Up On Unix Identity Management Products
Quest Software and PassGo Technologies have entered into an OEM agreement to globally distribute two products for managing and auditing privileged access to Unix systems.
Date: 2007-10-16
Is There Always A Better Way?
I happened upon a recent Linux-Watch article about Dell's Dynamic Kernel Module Support. I actually downloaded Dell's PDF paper but the LW article is an excellent overview, as is Linux Journal's article on the same subject.
Date: 2007-09-25
Delivering the right tools for your website
Sure, we can watch to make sure that your site can be found. But we can go even further. We can actually go into the content of your site every 10 minutes to make sure your site isn't acting up and that your visitors can actually do what you want them to do. You'll know if content isn't loading, links aren't working or other little glitches are happening on your critical pages. And with checks happening every 10 minutes you'll know sooner rather than way too late.
Date: 2007-09-10
How Fanatical Support(TM) can work for your business
No more worrying about web hosting uptime. No more spending your time, energy and resources trying to stay on top of things like
patching, updating, monitoring, backing up data and the like. And no more wondering if there's a better way to go about it all.
Date: 2007-08-17
SCO Thwarted In Unix Decision
A federal judge ruled the copyrights to the Unix operating system belong to Novell, not SCO, after years of aggressive litigation by SCO. Some final matters of law still need to be hammered out, but it looks like a decision handed down in Utah by federal judge Dale Kimball...
Date: 2007-08-13
Linux And Non-compete Agreements?
There seems to be a lot of discussion about whether Project Indiana at openSolairs is a Linux clone or not. The Project Indiana website states:"Project Indiana is a new project to create an OpenSolaris binary distribution. This distribution will focus on providing...
Date: 2007-07-31
How Do I Change My PS1 Command Prompt In Bash?
I Have read about 15 chapters of your book (Teach Yourself UI hNIX in 24 Hours) so far. We are using vi. On the PS1 command, how do I see what is in it so I can add to it and not change what is already there? We are using bash.
Date: 2007-07-17
A Hosting Environment for the Environment
There's a problem with our planet's environment. We realize that we contribute to the problem with our datacenter emissions. While Rackspace doesn't claim to have the answer, we are committed to doing our small part toward the larger picture. It's going to take industry leaders like Rackspace to step up and admit there are much more environmentally friendly ways of doing things.
Date: 2007-07-09
Bug In Shell Script Using Awk To Read /etc/passwd?
n your book Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, on p. 115, Script #40 Reporting Disk Hogs, on the 8th line the second part of the line reads: awk -F: '$2 > 99 {print $1} ') I am very new to shell scripting, so I am probably just not understanding how this line should be interpreted.
Date: 2007-07-03
Managing A Worldwide Print Infrastructure From A Central Location
Company - This US based company is one of the world's largest manufacturers of automotive parts and sub-assemblies in the world. Their customers include: BMW, Daimler-Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Rover, Toyota and Volkswagen.
Date: 2007-06-19
Linux Training: Courses vs. Videos
Beware of loosing your shirt going to a Linux training course taught in a classroom. You just might regret spending your hard-earned cash - and likely won't be able to get it back!
Date: 2007-05-29
System Administrator And System Engineer Jobs
Systems Administrators are expected to be efficient in diagnosing and fixing problems fast and with accuracy. It is essential for a system administrator to have a substantial understanding of various programming languages used for computing various tasks.
Date: 2007-05-15
Monitoring Your Server's Availability and Your Visitors' Website Experience
Rest easy, business people. Our Advanced Reporting & Monitoring Bundle is just one more way we can help change the way you do business every day. You get the tools, the data and the confidence to optimize your sites. And that's one step closer to fully optimizing your business, which is what happens when you partner with Rackspace to provide your hosting solutions.
Date: 2007-05-09
A Quick Way to OpenBSD and How to Use it
I have been a BSD user since the late 1990's. I made my own FreeBSD distro - 1fcdbsd or One Floppy CD Audio and MP3 Player (http://www.freebsd.nfo.sk/), and I gained some experience with the BSD world, which rather thrives on the side without people's knowledge that it is almost the best.
Date: 2007-05-01
Think about servers inside and outside the box
Starting with Fanatical Support™, Rackspace is about one thing and one thing only—supporting you. It goes way beyond just your box or configuration. What's outside the box, our people, technical expertise, Zero-Downtime Network™, data centers and guarantees all exist to make your IT life easier. It's what makes us the hosting experts and everyone else just hosting providers.
Date: 2007-04-13
Dell's IdeaStorm: Social Media in Motion
When most companies decide to embrace social media, they usually use it as a vehicle to market new products and services, while at the same time seeking transparency.
Date: 2007-04-10
Rackspace: Start Working with the Hosting Experts
Starting with Fanatical Support™, Rackspace is about one thing and one thing only—supporting you. It goes way beyond just your box or configuration. What's outside the box, our people, technical expertise, Zero-Downtime Network™, data centers and guarantees all exist to make your IT life easier. It's what makes us the hosting experts and everyone else just hosting providers.
Date: 2007-03-21
Ian Of Debian Will Sun Himself
Ian Murdock of the Debian project will move into the world of Solaris as he joins Sun Microsystems as Chief Operating Platforms Officer. Sun's newest executive revealed a little information about his mission at the company.
Date: 2007-03-20
Linux Software RAID Vs. Hardware RAID
Over the years, I've configured and happily used Linux Software RAID on numerous servers. It has proven to be amazingly resilient and quite stable. 3ware But a couple years ago (2003) when I was building my newest server (which conveniently lives in a...
Date: 2007-03-13
SCO Desperately Seeking Pamela Jones
Faced with what many believe is the imminent demise of their lawsuit against IBM over Linux code, SCO Group may be pursuing a 'scorched earth' strategy where they can drag the true identity of Groklaw's Pamela Jones into public knowledge.
Date: 2007-02-20
The Unix Hosting Expert
Since our founding, Rackspace has supported and promoted the Open Source community working closely with Red Hat to develop and support unparalleled Linux hosting solutions. With more than 80 Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCEs), we're home to more in-house Linux expertise than any other provider in the world.
Date: 2007-02-19
Configuring A Linux NTP Server
Network Time Protocol (NTP) provides algorithms and defines messages for the synchronisation of time clients to an accurate time reference.This article discusses how to configure a Linux NTP Time Server to synchronise time with an Internet based public NTP Server.
Date: 2007-02-13
How to Backup Your Mac Incrementally Over SSH
Do you have access to a shell account on a unix server with some spare space? If so it's pretty
easy to incrementally backup your files securely with SSH.
Date: 2007-01-31
Background Tasks (Why?)
A comp.unix.shell newsgroup post asked a neophyte question about how to run a script in the background. The terse answer was, of course, script &. While perfectly correct, that leaves out so much. I started to write what I thought would be a more complete response, but quickly realized that there is an awful lot to cover, and some of it is pretty complicated.
Date: 2007-01-11
Don't just think, know your site is secure
Thinking your web environment is secure and knowing it's secure are two entirely different things. With your data, your site's
uptime and your business' reputation all hanging in the balance, thinking your security is adequate just isn't good enough.
You have to know, without a doubt, that from every angle everything is secure.
Date: 2007-01-10
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