5 articles tagged "solaris unix"

Download 64 Bit Linux Flash Player Beta Version

Finally, Adobe has released 64 bit preview version of its most popular flash player today for Linux / Solaris UNIX operating system. There is no Windows or Mac 64 bit version exists but Linux / UNIX is the first OS to get it. Indeed a good news; now we have both Java and Flash plyaer for 64 bit platforms. No need to use nspluginwrapper.
Sun Solaris on its Deathbed - Claims Jim Zemlin

Jim Zemlin is executive director of the Linux Foundation claims Solaris UNIX is irrelevant and Linux is future. Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? Linux backers claim Solaris is irrelevant; Sun of course disagrees.
Howto: Make consistent MySQL database backups using Solaris ZFS snapshots
I’ve already written about MySQL backup using a shell script and consistent backup with Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) snapshots:
A snapshot volume is a special type of volume that presents all the data that was in the volume at the time the snapshot was created. This means you can back up that volume without having [...]
March 6, 2007 : nixCraft FAQ Roundup
Recently updated/posted Linux and UNIX FAQ:

Linux display or change a pre-login message - /etc/issue file
PostgreSQL add or create a user account and grant permission for database
How do I unzip multiple / many files under Linux?
Ubuntu Linux Vim Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on
How to format date for display or to [...]
Search for all account without password and lock them
For security, reason it is necessary to disable all account(s) with no password and lock them down. Solaris, Linux and FreeBSD provide account locking (unlocking) facility.
Lock Linux user account with the following command:
passwd -l {user-name}
For unlocking the account use:
passwd -u {user-name}
-l : This option disables an account by changing the [...]