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Print out only last revision in list of patches
Contributed by Michilimackinac on February 21, 2005 under SolarisThis will print out a list of patches that omits earlier revs of the same patch. This can be useful to check if a system is at the same level as another (via a diff) system but possibly went through a different patch cycle and ended with different patches at lower revisions.
Comments Continue reading...vmstat case studies
Contributed by Michilimackinac on April 1, 2004 under SolarisLook at some problem systems…
Comments Continue reading...update files in a solaris package without rebuilding the package
Contributed by Michilimackinac on under Solaris Comments Continue reading...Using ipfilter to alter nmap OS detection results
Contributed by Michilimackinac on February 1, 2004 under IPFilternmap is often used to perform OS detection on remote systems if it cannot be determined by other means. It sends tcp packets which have problems and detects how each handles the errors. By tweaking things in ipflter we can trick nmap into thinking it is dealing with some other OS or be less certain about it’s guess. Some additional resource are usually available in the OS sysctl variables (FreeBSD) and ndd settings (solaris) to help control things also.
Comments Continue reading...using camcontrol to find information and dynamically add/remove SCSI devices
Contributed by Michilimackinac on January 19, 2004 under FreeBSDcamcontrol is a very useful command for finding information and for adding and removing SCSI devices.
Comments Continue reading...eject a cdrom in freebsd
Contributed by Michilimackinac on under FreeBSDThis is the way via software to eject a cdrom under freebsd
Comments Continue reading...expanding aliases in postfix
Contributed by Michilimackinac on January 18, 2004 under Postfix Comments Continue reading...MICHILIMACKINAC'S TOP TEN
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