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July 2005
From SysOp 29 Jul > A community-submitted article, Custom Roles Using RBAC in the Solaris OS, offers a cookbook for system administrators, with real-world examples of how RBAC is used.
From SysOp 28 Jul > In this Tech Tip, a BigAdmin reader shows how to configure the audio driver for an AC97 audio controller using the Solaris 10 OS on x86 platforms.
From SysOp 27 Jul > A new community-submitted Tech Tip describes Configuring a VIA Rhine-Based NIC on the Solaris 10 OS.
From SysOp 26 Jul > The article Solaris 10 OS As a SIP Server shows how to set up a system running the Solaris 10 OS as a Session Initiation Protocol server, with persistence via the MySQL database.
From SysOp 25 Jul > Cleaning Up Large Mailing Lists: Removing Bad Addresses presents some practical ideas for cleaning-up corporate e-mail databases.
From SysOp 22 Jul > Check out OpenSolaris articles on device driver programming, "Solaris Driver Programming" and "Introduction to Solaris Drivers". The author describes Solaris device drivers in terms that a developer of Linux device drivers could understand.
From SysOp 21 Jul > Solaris 10 Operating System Self-Help Guide offers information on downloading the OS, burning media, and hardware compatibility and installation.
From SysOp 20 Jul > A BigAdmin reader submitted Tech-Tip discusses Configuring JBoss to Use With Service Management Facility (SMF).
From SysOp 19 Jul > A Sun BluePrints document, Sun Fire Midrange Server Updated Best Practices for Firmware 5.18.x (pdf), provides guidance on implementing the features added from 5.14.0 to 5.18.0. Information presented in the earlier versions of this document is also available here.
From SysOp 18 Jul > A new article, Security APIs, SPIs, and Frameworks for the Solaris OS, is intended for developers working on consumer applications or service modules.
From SysOp 15 Jul > Friday, July 29th, is the annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. Give a Geek a Hug!
From SysOp 14 Jul > A community Tech Tip, A One Dollar Project Using the Solaris Containers Feature, shows how to configure a box running the Solaris 10 OS with two zones: one with an Oracle 10g database and the other with the Apache Tomcat 5.5.4 application server.
From SysOp 13 Jul > Asynchronous Rendering of Portlet Content With AJAX Technology describes how to use Asynchronous JavaScript and XML to build portlets that render independently of other content on the portal desktop.
From SysOp 12 Jul > In A CD-Free Installer for the Solaris OS, a reader suggests an installation method that is similar to network-type installation, but doesn't require burning the boot CD.
From SysOp 11 Jul > Key Management and PKCS#11 Tokens in Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 details the procedures for configuring Public-Key Cryptography Standards #11 tokens and providers and for managing keys.
From SysOp 08 Jul > The SAGE 2005 Sys Admin Salary Survey is up. Check it out!
From SysOp 07 Jul > The article Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster 3.1 09/04 Software for High-Availability Applications explains how to set up an environment for highly available services.
From SysOp 06 Jul > Sun Discontinuing Anonymous FTP Access to Patches: Beginning the end of July 2005, Sun will restrict access to software patches via anonymous FTP to patches.sun.com.
From SysOp 05 Jul > The Sun Configuration Diagrams have been updated, with the StorEdge 9990 diagrams added.
From SysOp 01 Jul > A Sun BluePrints Cookbook, Limiting Service Privileges in the Solaris 10 Operating System (pdf), describes how to use the Solaris 10 Service Management Facility (SMF) to start a service at boot time (or at any later time) with reduced privileges.
 
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