Re: [pca] is there a general mail list related to Solaris admin etc ?

2013-07-30 Thread Martin Paul 

Am 26.07.2013 18:53, schrieb Paul Lanken:

Does anyone know of a mail list somewhere that is more related to day to
day admin etc ?  Wasn't there a great thing called usenet once upon a time?


Usenet is still alive, and the comp.unix.solaris group still exists. And 
there's the solarisx86 mailing list 
(http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisx86/).


Unfortunately there is not much traffic anymore in both of them, but 
some of the Sun engineers still hang out there.


Martin.

Re: [pca] is there a general mail list related to Solaris admin etc ?

2013-07-27 Thread Paul B. Henson 
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 08:43:49AM -0400, Paul Lanken wrote:

 or joomla based service we can all use.  If Oracle sends a letter like
 they did to wesunsolve, then I tell them to go to hell.

A better way to tell Oracle to go to hell would be to just stop using
their software ;). Money is the only thing the lawnmower cares about...

Perhaps one of the illumos based operating systems will fit your need
for a Solaris-like experience? OmniOS is quite popular and even has
commercial support available for those that care about that.

Re: [pca] is there a general mail list related to Solaris admin etc ?

2013-07-27 Thread Aj Paulino 
Well, whenever you get that list going, count me in. I have been away from
Solaris for a long while, being forced by the industry to deal with RHEL
based system, but I came back to it in mild form 8 months ago and am about
to get hammered with 500 Solaris boxes due to a merger. I am sure that I'm
going to run into stuff I've never seen  it would be nice to have some
sort of forum I can goto for tips
On Jul 27, 2013 3:00 PM, Paul B. Henson hen...@acm.org wrote:

 On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 08:43:49AM -0400, Paul Lanken wrote:

  or joomla based service we can all use.  If Oracle sends a letter like
  they did to wesunsolve, then I tell them to go to hell.

 A better way to tell Oracle to go to hell would be to just stop using
 their software ;). Money is the only thing the lawnmower cares about...

 Perhaps one of the illumos based operating systems will fit your need
 for a Solaris-like experience? OmniOS is quite popular and even has
 commercial support available for those that care about that.

[pca] is there a general mail list related to Solaris admin etc ?

2013-07-26 Thread Paul Lanken 
This is the only mail list I know of that seems to be really full of
good Solaris
admins. However this maillist is really patch and PCA specific, of course.

Does anyone know of a mail list somewhere that is more related to day to
day admin etc ?  Wasn't there a great thing called usenet once upon a time?

I ran into an issue with zoneadm move and saw that it was broken, I didn't want
to deal with Oracle support and felt that other sysadmins would just know
but had no idea what was the active maillist du jour anymore.

Thank you.

Paul

Re: [pca] is there a general mail list related to Solaris admin etc ?

2013-07-26 Thread Maria MacCallum 
Dear Paul,

When you find it please tell me!!! I need help with AI.

Regards,

Maria

On 26 July 2013 17:53, Paul Lanken lanken.p...@gmail.com wrote:
 This is the only mail list I know of that seems to be really full of
 good Solaris
 admins. However this maillist is really patch and PCA specific, of course.

 Does anyone know of a mail list somewhere that is more related to day to
 day admin etc ?  Wasn't there a great thing called usenet once upon a time?

 I ran into an issue with zoneadm move and saw that it was broken, I didn't 
 want
 to deal with Oracle support and felt that other sysadmins would just know
 but had no idea what was the active maillist du jour anymore.

 Thank you.

 Paul

Re: [pca] is there a general mail list related to Solaris admin etc ?

2013-07-26 Thread Jeremy Loukinas 
Maybe we can start one?

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 26, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Paul Lanken lanken.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 This is the only mail list I know of that seems to be really full of
 good Solaris
 admins. However this maillist is really patch and PCA specific, of course.
 
 Does anyone know of a mail list somewhere that is more related to day to
 day admin etc ?  Wasn't there a great thing called usenet once upon a time?
 
 I ran into an issue with zoneadm move and saw that it was broken, I didn't 
 want
 to deal with Oracle support and felt that other sysadmins would just know
 but had no idea what was the active maillist du jour anymore.
 
 Thank you.
 
 Paul

Re: [pca] is there a general mail list related to Solaris admin etc ?

2013-07-26 Thread Ray Van Dolson 
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:45:53PM +0100, Maria MacCallum wrote:
 Dear Paul,
 
 When you find it please tell me!!! I need help with AI.
 
 Regards,
 
 Maria

Sun Managers list is probably what you're after:

http://www.sunmanagers.org/

It's an older style list where you post your questions, receive
replies offline and then reply back with a Summary post.

With that said, very knowledgeable folks are subscribed.

Some of the old OpenSolaris and newer Illumos lists are probably chock
filled with experienced Solaris admins, and you can also try LOPSA and
the LISA (formerly SAGE) lists.

 
 On 26 July 2013 17:53, Paul Lanken lanken.p...@gmail.com wrote:
  This is the only mail list I know of that seems to be really full of
  good Solaris
  admins. However this maillist is really patch and PCA specific, of course.
 
  Does anyone know of a mail list somewhere that is more related to day to
  day admin etc ?  Wasn't there a great thing called usenet once upon a time?
 
  I ran into an issue with zoneadm move and saw that it was broken, I didn't 
  want
  to deal with Oracle support and felt that other sysadmins would just know
  but had no idea what was the active maillist du jour anymore.
 
  Thank you.
 
  Paul
 
 

Ray