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simpler kerberos client usage? 0 18 (12/18/2012 1:51:39 AM) comp.unix.solaris I'm looking to set up Solaris machines as kerberos clients in the easiest possible manner. I know how to do it the some-what long way: 1. update pam.conf 2. go into kadmin, with official kerb admin pw 3. ... Philip

Here's how to get IPS packages without solaris 11 4 43 (9/9/2012 8:44:42 PM) comp.unix.solaris FYI: here's a way to download and "install" files in an IPS package, without actually having solaris 11. http://www.bolthole.com/solaris/ipsutil/ First compile the "parseipscatalog.c" file there. Then you... Philip

installadm create-client set router? 1 38 (7/31/2012 7:31:44 PM) comp.unix.solaris Currently, if you run your solaris 11 install server, as the DHCP server for your net, and then also run "installadm create-client -e xx:xx:xx", it will make an entry for it in the dhcpd.conf file. WHich is ... Philip

solaris 11 kerberos pam entries? 1 182 (7/23/2012 10:07:21 PM) comp.unix.solaris I'm trying to just set up a vanilla Solaris 11 kerberos server, and then allow users to log in via kerberos password. I've tried to follow the long old oracle kerberos instructions, at http://docs.oracle.co... Philip

problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows 14 49 (7/22/2012 5:31:30 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hi folks, I'm hoping someone can tell me the magic to get java (6 or 7) to display unicode chars under ms-windows? This is a standalone program, not an applet: http://bolthole.com/jdrill/jdrill2_3_1.jar ... phil

solaris 11 installadm profiles, and sparc 0 87 (7/19/2012 8:21:38 PM) comp.unix.solaris I've been playing with the new installer stuff in Solaris 11. I'm very used to jumpstart. it seems there's kinda some gaps in the new stuff :( my workflow has previously been: 1. Create a jumpstart profi... Philip

solaris 11 crash when zfs send/receive of volume 15 82 (7/5/2012 11:51:54 PM) comp.unix.solaris In doing some debugging for zrep, I found a way to crash a solaris 11 system. both sparc and x86. zfs send -p rpool/srcvol@zrep_000000 | zfs recv -o readonly=on -F rpool/destvol The "receive" part ... Philip

announce grub-driven net install RFE 0 48 (6/25/2012 10:48:31 PM) comp.unix.solaris It used to be, in solaris 10, that it was possible to write a custom grub menu entry, to boot off the network and do a net install. Kinda-sorta the equivalent of sparc's "setenv network-boot-arguments". S... Philip

zrep new release (zfs replication and failover) 2 90 (6/22/2012 8:59:50 PM) comp.unix.solaris FYI: I just made a new release of my "zrep" ZFS replication and failover tool. I'm calling it version 0.3 Although at this point, it should probably be 0.9 or something. project "tracker" at http://freeco... Philip

problems with solaris 11 kerberos client 0 133 (6/15/2012 6:33:54 PM) comp.unix.solaris I'm having difficulty integrating Solaris 11 machines, into an existing working kerberos infrastructure. Technically, I think it is an "mit" kerberos master server and slaves. The interesting point is, copy... Philip

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I downloaded firefox-12 tar; no README; do what now? 8 191 (5/10/2012 6:16:34 AM) comp.unix.solaris I downloaded the firefox for solaris sparc, and bunzip2'ed it. Tar file has no README. So, what do I do? Just xvf it somewhere? Where? Then what? THANKS! David ... dkcombs (290)

IPS - ligher-weight emacs? 6 70 (5/22/2012 3:12:44 PM) comp.unix.solaris Is there some IPS 'pkg' invokation, that gets me an emacs binary, without pulling in all the gtk stuff? I just want text-mode emacs. ... phil178 (85)

solaris 11, x86, netboot with grub 4 293 (6/4/2012 4:21:51 PM) comp.unix.solaris I have a situation where I need to install Solaris 11 over network, to an x86 box (specifically an x4100) , and I dont get to use PXE for it. According to multiple web articles, such as http://mail.opensola... phil178 (85)

copy solaris 11 system disk files... using tar? 2 142 (6/4/2012 11:13:27 PM) comp.unix.solaris On the url below, it details how to do a sort of fake "live install" by copying the zfs root data from a working machine, to a standby disk of another one. I have a question about it, however... http://www.... phil178 (85)

zrep new release (zfs replication and failover) 2 90 (6/22/2012 8:59:50 PM) comp.unix.solaris FYI: I just made a new release of my "zrep" ZFS replication and failover tool. I'm calling it version 0.3 Although at this point, it should probably be 0.9 or something. project "tracker" at http://freeco... phil178 (85)

solaris 11 crash when zfs send/receive of volume 15 82 (7/5/2012 11:51:54 PM) comp.unix.solaris In doing some debugging for zrep, I found a way to crash a solaris 11 system. both sparc and x86. zfs send -p rpool/srcvol@zrep_000000 | zfs recv -o readonly=on -F rpool/destvol The "receive" part ... phil178 (85)

Java Programming Best Practices 17 39 (7/21/2012 2:19:43 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I have a dozen books on java, but no book specifically on best practices. What do you think. Will some thing short suffice. Thank you, ... clusardi2k (462)

problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows 14 49 (7/22/2012 5:31:30 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hi folks, I'm hoping someone can tell me the magic to get java (6 or 7) to display unicode chars under ms-windows? This is a standalone program, not an applet: http://bolthole.com/jdrill/jdrill2_3_1.jar ... phil178 (85)

solaris 11 kerberos pam entries? 1 182 (7/23/2012 10:07:21 PM) comp.unix.solaris I'm trying to just set up a vanilla Solaris 11 kerberos server, and then allow users to log in via kerberos password. I've tried to follow the long old oracle kerberos instructions, at http://docs.oracle.co... phil178 (85)

Here's how to get IPS packages without solaris 11 4 43 (9/9/2012 8:44:42 PM) comp.unix.solaris FYI: here's a way to download and "install" files in an IPS package, without actually having solaris 11. http://www.bolthole.com/solaris/ipsutil/ First compile the "parseipscatalog.c" file there. Then you... phil178 (85)