CFEngine in mixed Solaris, Linux, environments
If you've ever tried to use CFEngine for package management, you know that it is basically useless.
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Redundant power for single power supply
Someone recently asked me how to setup redundant power for a rack of machines without relying on all the equipment to have dual power supplies.
Setup PPTP on Ubuntu
Here is a quick howto on installing and setting up PPTP on Ubuntu. Specifically I'll be attempting to configure this machine to use the Israeli ISP 012 over a cable modem. 012 provides some sort of installation package for Linux but it doesn't support Ubuntu.
Format Excel numbers as GB, MB, KB, B
Here is a great tip for formatting numbers in Excel as Gigabytes, Megabytes, Kilobytes, Bytes, etc. Use the following formula:
Changing an IP address in Solaris 10
I'm just starting to deal with Solaris 10 machines and I ran into a really annoying issue. When trying to change the IP address by modifying the appropriate files (or so I thought) the ip address kept getting reset on reboot.