Installing Oracle Database 11g Release 1 on Linux - (RHEL 5) 
http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Oracl ... l#Overview


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Disable yum kernel updates in CentOS Linux 

echo "exclude = kernel*" >> /etc/yum.conf


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Allow vsftpd to use passive mode 
The design of the FTP protocol relies on two channels. One channel is dedicated to ftp commands (ls, pwd, get, bi, ha) and the other for data transfer only.

FTP protocol originally required ( after the command channel from client to server established - client conneced to port 21 ) server to connect from it's port ( 20 ) to the client's assigned data port ( above 1024 ). This mode nowadays called as "active mode" had problems with various network masquerades and client firewalls as well (because server issues CONNECTion to CLIENT).

Therefore, the other, PASSIVE mode was added to the FTP, which doesn't require server to send syn packet to client. The process works the way the client issues connection from some high-port ( > 1024 ) to FTP server ( to the data port 21 ), then for data transfer client will again sends ack to the FTP server to some of the server's high ports.

When your FTP server is firewalled, you will need to allow both modes, as some clients still have some firewalls in the way which prevent the active mode access.

To allow passive mode in vfstpd (which is the default ftpd in CentOS) you should add lines below to the vsftpd.conf. Vsftpd will use the port range specified to assign data channels in passive mode. One port to one client data connection.


pasv_enable=yes
pasv_max_port=20000
pasv_min_port=20050


Plus, if you host has the standard CenOS/RedHat firewall on you should add the lines which will allow client to connect the server's high port. The required port range in iptables is specified by colon ( 20000:20050 ).



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The Nocturnes memo 
A long time ago Michael Kenna was interviewed by Tim Baskerville about night photography. As I would like to keep Michael's time suggestion, I'm pasting it here. The whole article can be foud at: http://www.thenocturnes.com/resources/kenna.html

"On the first few night sessions students work with one manual camera, one lens set at f5.6, a tripod, cable release, flash light, paper, pencil, and Tri-X film (Tri-X is iso 400). I give basic starting points (i.e. an exposure in the city with direct street lighting-5 second exposure, in the city with indirect street lighting-1 minute, city open spaces with distant lighting-5 minutes, landscape outside the city-30 minutes, etc.), they will bracket one and two stops plus and minus, writing every exposure down, noting as many details as possible about the lighting conditions at the time. I suggest that they process their film 20% less than their usual development time. I think the initial hurdle involved in photographing at night is in getting comfortable with the equipment and the environment - it really is quite different from photographing during the day."

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iSCSI scratchpad 

# zpool create pool c1t1d0 c1t2d0

# zfs create pool/iscsi

# zfs create –V 16g pool/iscsi/zvol1

# iscsitadm modify admin –base-directory /pool/iscsi

# iscsitadm create target –type disk –backing-store /dev/zvol/rdsk/pool/iscsi/zvol1

# iscsitadm list target

Target: zvol1

iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:07d36959-03e8-495c-bc36-b79913ee0f6e.zvol1

Connections: 0


Then on the client…

# iscsiadm add static-config iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:07d36959-03e8-495c-bc36-b79913ee0f6e.zvol1,160.7.108.11

# devfsadm


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Bits & Bytes Reference 

1 bit (bit)
1 byte (B) = 8 bits
1 kibibyte (KiB) = 2^10 bytes = 1,024 bytes
1 mebibyte (MiB) = 2^20 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes
1 gibibyte (GiB) = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes
1 tebibyte (TiB) = 2^40 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
1 pebibyte (PiB) = 2^50 bytes = 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes
1 exbibyte (EiB) = 2^60 bytes = 1,152,921,504,606.846,976 bytes
1 zebibyte (ZiB) = 2^70 bytes = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 bytes
1 yobibyte (YiB) = 2^80 bytes = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes


For further reference use:
http://www.romulus2.com/articles/guides ... ytes.shtml


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Simple Solaris iptraf like script 
How to monitor interface throughput on Solaris machine? I was looking for some sort of Linux's IPtraf (which is a great ip traffic monitor which can show you more than just interface traffic throuput) for Solaris. Seems no IPtraf port or similar text utility for Solaris so far. The script below should help you a bit and show the interface throughput.

It only prints out througput of the interface in 5 second intervals. If your system's interface is named ce0 instead of hme0, you need to change the script 'hme:0:hme0:*bytes' to 'ce:0:ce0:*bytes'.


#!/usr/bin/bash

WAIT=5

# traffic monitor
# writes total number of bytes (traffic) per interval

I_BYTES_OLD=`kstat -p 'hme:0:hme0:*bytes' | grep rbytes | awk -F" " '{ print $2}'`
O_BYTES_OLD=`kstat -p 'hme:0:hme0:*bytes' | grep obytes | awk -F" " '{ print $2}'`

while true
do
DATE=`date +%m/%d/%y" "%H:%M:%S`

I_BYTES=`kstat -p 'hme:0:hme0:*bytes' | grep rbytes | awk -F" " '{ print $2}'`
O_BYTES=`kstat -p 'hme:0:hme0:*bytes' | grep obytes | awk -F" " '{ print $2}'`

I_BYTES_DIFF=`echo $I_BYTES - $I_BYTES_OLD | bc`
O_BYTES_DIFF=`echo $O_BYTES - $O_BYTES_OLD | bc`

I_BYTES_OLD=$I_BYTES
O_BYTES_OLD=$O_BYTES

T_BYTES=`echo $I_BYTES_DIFF + $O_BYTES_DIFF | bc`

sleep $WAIT
clear
echo "$DATE interface: hme0 input: $I_BYTES_DIFF output: $O_BYTES_DIFF totalBytes: $T
_BYTES"
done


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ILOM quick how-to 
ILOM - Sun(TM) Integrated Lights Out Manager. ILOM is designed for managing SUN AMD based servers via network. You can access ILOM text console (via ssh) or WWW based ILOM frontend (via http/https).

What you can do with ILOM text console? Mostly you will use commands such as:


start /SP/console
reset /SYS
start /SYS
stop /SYS
start /SP/console


the commands above are self explanatory. The first command runs the console and the other thre performs reset/start/stop operation on the box.If you need to interact with hosted operating system, you can go to it's console via start /SP/console.

What you can't do with text ILOM console? You cannot change BIOS settings (as for example boot device priority). If you need to do that, launch ILOM WWW frontend (the same IP address as for the ILOM ssh access) and issue JAVA console redirection plug-in.

The ILOM (text) interface itself is some sort of UNIX shell. After you logon to the console you can use the UNIX commands as ls and cd. To begin with ILOM just issue ls on / (root).


-> ls /

/
Targets:
SYS
SP

Properties:


Commands:
cd
show


There are so called TARGETS. You will use them as the ordinary directories. Just go to target (cd) and issue ls. The ls output tells you what you can do in each specific directory/target (or namespace - as the SUN sometime calls it).


-> cd /SYS
/SYS

-> ls

/SYS
Targets:
FP
SP
FT0
FT1
MB
PDB
PS0
PS1
SASBP
FAN_FAULT
LOCATE
POWER
PSU_FAULT
SERVICE
TEMP_FAULT

Properties:
type = Host System
power_state = On

Commands:
cd
reset
set
show
start
stop


We can go to other targets or issue commands available for that directory. In this case, reset, start/stop etc.


-> cd /SP
/SP

-> ls

/SP
Targets:
alert
cli
clients
clock
console
logs
network
serial
services
sessions
users

Properties:


Commands:
cd
load
reset
show
version


We went to /SP and here we can go to console - or change some ILOM settings. Let's say we would like to change the network IP address for ILOM management card.

To change the IP address for the ILOM interface change the pending addresses first, then check and commit them.


cd /SP/network
set pendingipaddress=nnn.nn.nn.nn
set pendingipnetmask=nnn.nn.nn.nn
set pendingipgateway=nnn.nn.nn.nn
set commitpending=true


The rest you can find here:

http://dlc.sun.com/pdf/820-0280-12/820-0280-12.pdf

How to escape from ILOM issued console session? Try [ESC] + [(] .


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How about such useful ASCI generator? 
_________                __     __                                         
\_ ___ \_____ _____/ |_ | | __ ____ ____ ______ _____ ___.__.
/ \ \/\__ \ / \ __\ | |/ // __ \_/ __ \\____ \ / < | |
\ \____/ __ \| | \ | | <\ ___/\ ___/| |_> > | Y Y \___ |
\______ (____ /___| /__| |__|_ \\___ >\___ > __/ |__|_| / ____|
\/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/|__| \/\/
_____
____ ___.__. ____ ______ _/ ____\______ ____ _____
_/ __ < | |/ __ \ / ___/ \ __\\_ __ \/ _ \ / \
\ ___/\___ \ ___/ \___ \ | | | | \( <_> ) Y Y \
\___ > ____|\___ >____ > |__| |__| \____/|__|_| /
\/\/ \/ \/ \/
__ .__ .__ .__ .__
_/ |_| |__ ____ ____ |__|______ ____ | | |__| ____ ____
\ __\ | \_/ __ \ _/ ___\| \_ __ \_/ ___\| | | |/ \ / ___\
| | | Y \ ___/ \ \___| || | \/\ \___| |_| | | \/ /_/ >
|__| |___| /\___ > \___ >__||__| \___ >____/__|___| /\___ /
\/ \/ \/ \/ \//_____/
__ .__
_____| | _|__| ____ ______
/ ___/ |/ / |/ __ \ / ___/
\___ \| <| \ ___/ \___ \
/____ >__|_ \__|\___ >____ >
\/ \/ \/ \/



http://www.network-science.de/ascii/

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Simple use of test command 
Check if the file /etc/auditd.conf exists, if not, create empty one


test ! -f /etc/audit.conf && touch /etc/audit.conf


Check if the folder exists:


test ! -d /ora1 && echo "/ora1 doesn't exist" && exit 13


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