2007
January 2007
February 2007
- Problems Recovering Hard Drive with FSCK
- Prevent Process Hangup on Log Out
- Perform a Network File System Mount
- Determine Available Space on a Filesystem
- Determine the Directory Size Recursively
- Trouble With Strange Characters -- Might be TERM
- Set EDITOR Variable for vi
- Determine Who is Logged on
- Copy Files to a Remote Workstation
- Limit Access from Remote Workstations
- Get System Identification for Solaris
- Remap Buttons on a Mouse
- Add a Scroll Bar to xterm
- Methods of Accessing a Workstation
- Count the Lines, Words and Characters in a File
- Print From the Buffer via the Command Line
- Run Debugger and Verbose Modes in a Script
- Automatically Dump the Database for Sybase
- Add a User to a Database for Sybase
- Add Login to Sybase
- Confirm 64-bit Application Support
- Backup NIS+ Tables
- Replace Contents of a NIS+ Table
- Commit NIS+ Transaction Log
- Tracing Network Paths
- Determine Times When a User Logged in and Out
- Monitor Processor Statistics
- Create New Filesystems via Command Line
- Determine Controller, Target, Disk Size, and Slice
- Add a Net With a Static Route
- Setting the Terminal to Reasonable Values
- Invoke a Remote Terminal via CDE's Main Panel
- Monitor CPU Usage for Each Process
- Prevent Remote Logins by root
- Creating a Symbolic Link or Removing a Symbolic Link
- Determine System Routing Tables
- Display Line Numbers for a File to STDOUT
- Copy Time of Day to IO Board(s)
- Mount the Backup Disk to Recover a File or Directory
- XVR-1200 Card with a Second Monitor Setup
- Boot to Single User Mode
- Rebuild the /etc/path_to_inst File
- Delete a Filename with an Invalid Character
- Using the Banner Command to Print to STDOUT
- Find Day of the Month for Years Past and Forward
- Delete or Filter Lines in a File
- Make a Filesystem Read Only
- Display the NVRAM Configuration
- Display the PROM Versions for All Boards
- Get Firmware, H/W Platform, RAM, Ethernet Address and Host ID
- Display Diagnostic Information to Sceen
- Display Printable Characters in a Binary File
- Display Non-printable Characters in Binary Files
- Add Security Banners for Login Screen, Telnet, and FTP
- Determine What a File Contains
- Remove NIS+ From a Workstation
- Change the Hostname of a Workstation
- Create Named Pipes for Interprocess Communications
- Create Large Files to Test Throughput Rates
- Add Third Monitor and Restart dtlogin (XVR-1000/XVR-1200)
- Create a Command Alias in .cshrc
- Unix System Administration Task: Delete Log Files
- Determine Computer Uptimes for Remote and Local
- Display the Status of Print Jobs Or Cancel a Job
- Recover a File with vi After System Crash
- Check the Local Tape Device
- How to Rewind and Eject a Tape
- Check the Status of a File or Directory on Tape
March 2007
- Protect Strings Within Double Quotes
- Protect the Literal Meaning of Special Characters
- Insert a Row into a Database Table
- Create Database Table in Oracle or Sybase
- Update Value in Database Table Oracle or Sybase
- Delete a Row From a Database Table
- Schedule a Job At a Specified Time
- Output to Screen and Append to a File
- Compare Files and Directories
- Perform Recursive Pattern Searches on Files
- Problem Changing the root Password
- Create a Shell Function via the Command Line
- Add a Patch to the Solaris Operating System
- Determine the Command Type or Description
- Determine the Time to Execute a Process
- Filename Completion Wild Card Characters
- Characters not Recommended in Filename Convention
- Allow Clients Access to Home Directories on Server
- Allow Clients to Access Applications on the Server
- Stop and Start the Volume Manager Daemon
- Recover Filesystem's Primary Superblock with FSCK
- Check Solaris Patch Levels
- Download Sun Solaris Cluster Patches
- Install a Solaris Patch Cluster
- Remove a Patch from a Solaris Operating System
- Display Space Used by Users on Filesystems
- Setup a Local Printer Configuration
- Client Workstations Access to Print Server
- Client Workstations Can't Print to the Print Server
- Find a Record on a Data Tape
- How to Perform an Interactive Restore with ufsrestore
- Display Workstation or Server System Information via GUI
- Determine Inode Count for Filesystem
- Create SQL Insert Script with Inline Korn Script
- Display Information about Software Packages
- Add a Software Package with pkgadd Utility
- Check if Software Package was Installed Correctly
- Remove Software Package from Operating System
- Download Free Solaris Freeware (Software Packages)
- Add a User with useradd via Command Line
- Modify a User Account with usermod via Command Line
- Delete a User Account with userdel via Command Line
- Add a Group Account with groupadd via Command Line
- Modify a Group Account via groupmod via Command Line
- Delete Group Account with groupdel via Command Line
- Solaris Operating System - Freeware
- Defined Shell Determines FTP user Access
- Determine POP3 or Sendmail Availability
- Automate FTP Connection to Remote Host
- Restrict FTP User Access to Host
- Setup an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Server
- Display CPU, UPA, PCI or SBus Speeds
April 2007
- Display NVRAM Parameters
- Create a Device Alias with nvalias
- Create a Device Alias with nvedit
- Remove Device Alias with nvunalias
- Interesting UNIX Commands
- Reset NVRAM Parameters with set-defaults
- Skip the Power On Self Test (POST)
- List User Login Information with listusers or logins
- Determine Processes Accessing a File System
- NEdit is a Multi-purpose Text Editor
- Determine the Manual Page for a Given Command
- Unlock Screenlock With a Group Account Named xlock
- Conduct Interactive Communications Between Workstations
- Change Access and Modification Times on a File
- Install a Solaris Boot Block
- Repeat the Previous UNIX Command
- Repeat the Previous UNIX Argument
- Determine Why a Process is Hanging with truss
- Change Filename Extensions with Inline Script
- Create a Clone Disk Drive
- Copy Contents of One Tape to Another
- Create Virtual Screen Covering Two Monitors
- Define Two IPs on a Network Interface Card (NIC)
May 2007
- Lookup an Internet Protocol (IP) Address for a URL
- List Logged In Users on System
- Load Sybase Database From Tape
- Dump Sybase Database to Tape
- Add String to Filenames Using an Inline For Loop
- Nested Inline For Loop for Recursive Directory Creation
- Get Information on a Domain Name
- Identify Process Hierarchy for an Application
- Extract the Contents of a Compressed Tar File
- Drop a Sybase Database and its Device
- Remove Zero Length and Core Files With Inline Script
- Sun Fire V1280 is Crashing
- Display the Address Space of a Process
- Remove the UNIX root Password
- Encrypt and Decrypt the Contents of a File
- Exclude Files or Directories from an Archive using tar
- Calculate with the Basic Calculator -- bc
- Convert Decimal to Hexadecimal, Octal or Binary using typeset
June 2007
- Download Solaris 10 Operating System at no Cost
- Create a Crontab That Preserves Existing Entries
- ASCII, HTML and Conversion Tables - Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, Binary
- Adding and Deleting a Swap File
- Display Virtual Memory Statistics with vmstat
- Display Input and Output (I/O) Statistics with iostat
- Display Kernel Statistics with kstat
- Getting Technical: "Be all you can be"
- The Universal Java FTP Client -- Free for Non-Commerical Use
- Locate Commands by Keyword Lookup
- Wrap or Fold Long Lines in a File for Printing
- Select Fields or Columns Using the cut Command
- Disable All Users From Logging Into the System
- Display the Internet to Ethernet Address Translation Tables
- Clone Primary Partition Table to Second Hard Drive
- Convert Quantities in Standard Scales to Their Equivalents in Other Scales
- Find the Prime Factors of a Number
- Add a User Account via passmgmt
- Modify a User Account via passmgmt
- Delete a User Account via passmgmt
- Disk to Disk Backup using ufsdump
- Find Total Number of Reboots for a Workstation or Server
- Display System or User Defined Mail Aliases
- Display Binary Audit Log Information in ASCII Format
- User Switching to root or root Switching to User
- Full Duplex Settings for Network Interface
- Check Link Mode, Link Status, and Link Speed for Ethernet Interface
- Add, Change, Delete, Monitor, and Flush the Routing Table
- Recursively Zip Files and Directories
- Unzip Zip Files in Unix
- Paginate a File or Command Output for Printing
- Recursively Display File and Directory Inodes
- Sort Files by Their Filesizes
July 2007
- Terminate or Kill a Sybase Process
- Start a Sybase Adaptive and Backup Server
- Using UNIX Redirection Symbols for Sybase
- Reset sa Password for Sybase
- Change Password for a Sybase User
- Change Default Database for Sybase User
- Display Sybase Login Information
- Dumping Sybase Transaction Log
- Create a Sybase Group
- Change a Sybase User's Group
- Drop a Sybase Group
- Drop User From a Sybase Database
- Enable C2 Security Audits on Solaris
- Disable C2 Security Audits on Solaris
- Enable Stop-A or Disable Stop-A
- Using the Common UNIX Find Command
- Send Message to Users with Write All Command
- Clear the Terminal Screen
- Copy the Contents of a Magnetic Tape to Another
- View the Value of a UNIX Variable
August 2007
- Process Control for UNIX
- Display the Checksum and Size for a File
- Z Shell for loop -- UNIX zsh
- Display the core File Configuration
- Capitalize Strings in UNIX
- Recreate the /dev/null Link using devlinks
- Display Specific Lines in a File using sed
- Using the UNIX repeat Command
- Display Non-printable Characters in a Text File
- Display either Files or Directories -- UNIX
- Reverse the Contents of a File
- Log Telnet and FTP Sessions in Log File
- Change the Operational Status of Processors
- Specify or Report Default Permissions with umask
- Nvu or "New View" Web Authoring Application
- Sun Studio 12 C/C++ & Fortran Compilers and Tools
- Double Space a Single Spaced File -- UNIX
- Remove Tabs From a File -- UNIX
- Convert Tab to Specified Number of Spaces
- Limit User's File Size -- UNIX
- Merge Lines From One or More Files
- Text Editor for Simple Formatting
- System Activity Reporter Command Monitors CPU, Disk and Virtual Memory
- Date Command in Debian Linux
- Troubleshooting a Network with the Snoop Utility
- Send Network Packets to a Host with spray
September 2007
- Free Virtual Network Computing Remote Control Software
- Get the Access Control List on a File or Directory
- Set File or Directory Access Control List with setfacl
- Print a File in Landscape Mode via Command Line
- Traverse an Argument List using shift Command
- Output Strings in Lowercase -- UNIX
- Forward Mail to a Different Account with .forward
- Setup a nisplus Server and Populate its Tables
- My SysAd Blog Reader Appreciation Shout
- Evaluate NFS Statistical Information with nfsstat
- Delete Tabs, Newlines, Carriage Returns, or Spaces from a File
- Joining and Renaming Multiple Files Using a for loop
- Use .htaccess to Deny Internet Protocol (IP) Address or Domain Name
- Ping Multiple Workstations and Mail Results
- Download an XML feed with wget
October 2007
- Manage Adding Directories to a Stack with pushd
- Manage Removing Directories from a Stack with popd
- Delete Extra Spaces Between Words in a File
- Display a Specified Number of Lines From Multiple Files
- The Popular XV Image Viewer for UNIX
- Recovering a Corrupted Mailbox -- UNIX
- Check Sent Mail Status with mailq
- Modify a Command's Scheduling Priority with nice
- Display MAC, IP and DNS information for Windows
- Get Better Compression with bzip2 Command - UNIX
- Remove the PHPSESSID From URL
- Evaluate Constants and Strings with expr Command
November 2007
- Are Blogspot blogs being blocked in South Korea?
- Add User Information with .project and .plan files
- Remove First 10 or 100 or 1000 Lines in a Log File - UNIX
- Strip an Extension From a Filename - UNIX
- Sort a File by a Defined Delimiter
- Log Repeated Login Failures
- List, Remove or Rename Multi-spaced Filenames - UNIX
- Determine the Number of Login/Logout Sessions - UNIX
- The Great Wall Visit and UNIX wall
December 2007
- HTTP Response Status Code List
- Convert Length, Weight, Pressure, Volume and Temperature
- The Irony of a UNIX System Administrator
- Java Programming Language Tutorial
- Merge Multiple Files and Sort Simultaneously
- Search String Within Paragraph and Print the Paragraph - UNIX
- Assign Unique Numbers to Columns in Database - Oracle
- Shutdown a Sybase Adaptive and Backup Server
- MIT's OpenCourseWare Model is Proliferating Online