mcdsco's tutorials

Solaris: create ssh keys for quick server logins

Contributed by mcdsco on November 20, 2006 under Solaris security

To make access to both servers easier, I created keys for ssh, so I can shell server to server with no password. Following the steps in this Tech-Recipe will make it possible to login to one system from another painless.

2 comments Continue reading... 
 

Simple Directory Server 5.2 Master Replication

Contributed by mcdsco on November 17, 2006 under Solaris

This Tech-Recipe provides a simple way to replicate LDAP servers. Do your homework to ensure that this is going to give you all that you need to protect your LDAP world. I just wanted to get folks started in the right direction.

God bless! -scott.

no comments Continue reading... 
 

Solaris 10 Directory Server Installation

Contributed by mcdsco on November 8, 2006 under Solaris

This Tech-Recipe details an installation of Directory Server 5.2 p4 from Sun Microsystems into a Solaris 10 whole-root zone. Good DS installation instructions are VERY difficult to find. Also covered are configuring systems as local LDAP clients and using the directory server to store automount maps for automatically mounting user home directories. This, I hope, introduces just the step-by-step and assumes that you have a bit of technical knowledge about such matters …

4 comments Continue reading... 
 

Simple Solaris BIND/DNS Server Setup with Failover

Contributed by mcdsco on March 15, 2006 under Solaris system administration

BIND is a DNS server that comes with Solaris 8 and 9 or can be installed. These instructions will work for other BIND installations, however the placement of the files may be different.

one comment Continue reading... 
 

Simple Solaris IP Multipathing

Contributed by mcdsco on under Solaris networking

IP multipathing consists of grouping two identical network cards together and having a live IP address be able to automatically fail over from one card to the other with no loss or degredation of service.

5 comments Continue reading...