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Practical hints for the Solaris systems administrator. More Tips: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ____________________________________________________________________ FROM OUR SPONSOR: Major League Baseball, Ceridian, IBM, & Minolta use The Argent Guardian, CLICK: http://searchSolaris.com/r/0,,7907,00.htm?argent ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Using ufsdump to save a filesystem to a file - Kill all the processes of a particular user - Another way to recursively copy directory trees 2. 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Download a FREE, FULLY-FUNCTIONING demo of The Argent Guardian at: http://searchSolaris.com/r/0,,7907,00.htm?argent ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Using ufsdump to save a filesystem to a file | by C. Paul Kozoriz If you've ever needed to save a filesystem or a directory quickly and restore it without using a tape drive, this works well--assuming you have enough local free disk space available. With some file management logic, this can be run as a script under cron to backup selected data. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci865968,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kill all the processes of a particular user | by Ramesh Yarramreddy Is one of your users running too many processes? Use this command to kill them all. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci865958,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Another way to recursively copy directory trees | by Robin Hurd This tip will allow you to copy directory trees without worrying about ownerships, permissions, etc. The command is good for Unix OSes without a recursive copy command. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci865975,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS :::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Solaris Security These ten tips are quick, to the point, and sure to increase the overall security of your systems. 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