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After reading this blog post from Joerg Moellenkamp’s blog, I decided to “emulate” the way he linked to his Google+ Profile. I’m not sure how he did it but here is how I was able to accomplish the same thing using Apache’s .htaccess file and PHP. Like always, there are many ways to skin a […]
At work, I have a Solaris SVM Disk Suite device which houses many end user files. Over the past year, this file system has grown by over 75%. Initially, I was growing the file system as it reached capacity but one thing I noticed over the years as a sysadmin is that users will always […]
It wouldn’t take much for an experienced Solaris Admin to figure out the server they have logged into is a Solaris Container aka Non-Global Zone, or “zone” for short. For those of us who don’t have years of experience and expertise in Solaris Administration under our belts, here is a list of things I have […]
The “cd” binary that comes with most Linux based distros is good and all but this being Linux, I thought I would enhance its features a bit. I decided to create a simple bash function called “cd” which is sourced at startup by my .bashrc file so that every time I run the Linux command […]
If you have a Wifi network, chances are that an experienced individual can see your network from well beyond the range of your wireless router. You cant do much from preventing said determined individual from “seeing” your network but you can stop 99.9% of the population (the .1% being the NSA, hehe) from gaining access […]
Normally I post tips and tricks about Linux but once in a while I make that leap into the MS Windows world. OK, without further ado, here is a tip for you Windows users out there. Have you ever wanted to create a custom Windows CD that had your name, product key, timezone and regional […]