Re: [osol-discuss] Small OpenSolaris projects for students

2008-02-26 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Danny Robson wrote: > I've been talking to a lecturer who takes a 'course' which basically > consists of a student picking a suitably difficult project to undertake > for the usual 3 months or so of semester. > > He was interested in seeing if there might be some potential OpenSolaris > project

Re: [osol-discuss] Small OpenSolaris projects for students

2008-02-26 Thread Andre van Eyssen
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > - One constant challenge of scripting is that the output formats aren't always > easy to parse, and change as features change - what if commands like df, ps, > ls, etc. had an option to output in XML format, and there were commands to > process

[osol-discuss] [SVOSUG] Update on Virtualization along with OpenSolaris Governance! 02/28

2008-02-26 Thread Alan DuBoff
This month we have a very special meeting which brings Tim Marsland and Todd Clayton are back at SVOSUG giving an update on Virtualization. With Virtual Box on the scene, the OpenSolaris virtual solutions provide more and better ways to connect OpenSolaris to other environments. This is a very exc

[osol-discuss] how many security systems in solaris

2008-02-26 Thread mallikarjun
how to make my solaris OS secured please help This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] how many security systems in solaris

2008-02-26 Thread Ghee Teo
mallikarjun wrote: > how to make my solaris OS secured please help > Nevada is secure by default. see netservices(1M) -Ghee > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.o

Re: [osol-discuss] Any reason to keep my Ultra 10?

2008-02-26 Thread UNIX admin
> I have two comments. First, my experience is that you > can almost never > compare hardware prices in the manner many on this > list have done. They > look at the particular specs without thinking about > the qualifications. For > example, I have seen the specs on some of the disk > drives that g

Re: [osol-discuss] how many security systems in solaris

2008-02-26 Thread UNIX admin
> how to make my solaris OS secured please help http://docs.sun.com/ Notably: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-2714/6nea26qkq?l=en&q=secure+by+default&a=view This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensola

[osol-discuss] hdmi video card

2008-02-26 Thread Mike DeMarco
Looking for suggestions for a good HDMI output video card This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Any reason to keep my Ultra 10?

2008-02-26 Thread Kyle McDonald
UNIX admin wrote: > > Oh, I see. "They have money, so let's skin them!" Nice. > And the prices are completely and totally out of touch with reality. > No it's more like: "They have needs that they feel require a higher end product, and are *willing* to pay for it. - So let's make it for them."

Re: [osol-discuss] Internet? what? how?

2008-02-26 Thread Rodrigo Cano
Hi Baraghun, Going through the this step might be a little hard for me, so I'll request you assistance one again. I'll quote the parts of the readme. "(1) Install your PCI card and boot Solaris." I think we already did that. "(2) Copy source and binary files. # gunzip -cd gani-x.x.x.t

Re: [osol-discuss] Any reason to keep my Ultra 10?

2008-02-26 Thread Brian Utterback
Kyle McDonald wrote: > It maybe true that you've had a drive that failed quickly. That's not > what MTBF means. The M is for 'Mean' or 'Average'. Just because some > still fail early doesn't mean that the parts, processes, testing etc. > that go into the model you pay more for don't (on avera

[osol-discuss] what is the name of the ethernet device

2008-02-26 Thread Axel Schnell
Hi! I just installed Open Solaris on my new computer where I also have Debian Linux installed. My problem is now that under Open Solaris no network device is available while under Linux there is the on board ethernet device eth1. Under solaris I there was the following output from the command p

Re: [osol-discuss] what is the name of the ethernet device

2008-02-26 Thread Casper . Dik
>Hi! I just installed Open Solaris on my new computer where I also have Debian >Linux installed. >My problem is now that under Open Solaris no network device is available while >under Linux there i s the on board ethernet device eth1. Under solaris I there was the following output from the com

[osol-discuss] Informal (and unsanctioned) poll

2008-02-26 Thread Mark Martin
I've created a poll to gauge, for my own curiosity, the interest and sentiment of the community on a few issues currently enjoying the warming flames of debate. For my part, I do not wish to fan them further, and have struggled over the last 6 months to keep my own damn mouth shut. I do not propo

[osol-discuss] ssh root access

2008-02-26 Thread Olivier Scalbert
Hello all, I am using OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2 On a standalone network, I have two machines connecting together, one Linux box and one OpenSolaris box. With normal users (not root), I can ssh from Linux to OpenSolaris and from OpenSolaris to Linux, without any problem. With the root us

Re: [osol-discuss] ssh root access

2008-02-26 Thread Nicholas Senedzuk
Have you restarted sshd on the Solaris system so that the new config can take effect? On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Olivier Scalbert < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am using OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2 > > On a standalone network, I have two machines connecting together, o

Re: [osol-discuss] ssh root access

2008-02-26 Thread Glenn Lagasse
* Olivier Scalbert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello all, > > I am using OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2 > > On a standalone network, I have two machines connecting together, one Linux > box and one OpenSolaris box. > > With normal users (not root), I can ssh from Linux to OpenSolaris and from

Re: [osol-discuss] Long usernames greater than 8 chars

2008-02-26 Thread Darren Dunham
> We use LDAP authentication on our fileserver, which > allows usernames of > greater than 8 chars. > > $ id -un > chris.lintonford You don't need LDAP for that, /etc/passwd will give you the same ability. It does nothing to guarantee that utilities that use and display usernames (think 'ps')

[osol-discuss] Package Installer

2008-02-26 Thread aakash berde
I am trying to make a package for my application on solaris 10. I am getting an error while using command pkgmk -d . *Error in prototype no obeject found for in root directory not able to make pkgmap from prototype. * what does it mean? Is there any configuration I need to check on solaris 10?

Re: [osol-discuss] Any reason to keep my Ultra 10?

2008-02-26 Thread James Dickens
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 7:35 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I took everyones advice from like a year ago, and added a gig of ram > to my U10 333, so I could run Solaris 10, ultimately so I could play > with ZFS. > > Performance is acceptable, but I'd like to jump to an x86 and Nextenta > (for be

Re: [osol-discuss] Any reason to keep my Ultra 10?

2008-02-26 Thread mindfuq
* Kyle McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-24 17:35]: > > Back then, you didn't even have to be a big customer, if you were an > educational institution, you got a decent discount off Hardware. I recall some universities getting some very sustantial discounts on 6+ figure supercomputers in th