| We were trying to limit the number of regular users who could use xterm or cmdtool for security reasons. A user-defined group was created and admins/non-regulars were assigned to it. Unfortunately,... | |
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| I thought James Dickens of UNIX Admin Corner wrote a short but interesting post a few days ago. His post was titled "Why is IT such an Island." It was something to ponder regarding the rapidly... | |
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| I have had a few search queries (metadata) via MyBlogLog analytics from readers who were searching for commands to show Nisplus objects and tables. Frankly speaking, I neglected posting much about... | |
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| Building on the last post, I am using the niscat -o flag to display the structure of a common nisplus table. In the example below, the run shows the passwd table and its specific metadata/attribute... | |
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| The nistbladm command is used to modify information in a nisplus table. In this example, the passwd.org_dir table was modified. The login directory and shell was modified for the esoft user. Here is... | |
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| A few years ago I took an Oracle database class at a university. I remember running SQL commands to perform a number of DBA tasks, such as creating databases, creating tables, creating procedures,... | |
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| A co-worker of mine emailed me this table of emoticons. I thought it was a fairly comprehensive list until I did a brief Internet search. The list was just a snippet, especially in the chat room... | |
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| A couple of days ago I was adding entries to my ban related tables via phpbb's administration tools. After awhile, I quickly tired of serially adding an entry and then submitting it. I decided to... | |
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| If you are like me, you are always searching for ways to protect your personal computer. Probably, the first thing that comes to mind is viruses and worms.Along with millions of other AVG users, I... | |
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| I have been upgrading my phpbb forum from 2.X to 3.X. It has been a slog so far and mostly due to spammers. Before the 3.X converter would allow me to complete the conversion process, I had to delete... | |
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