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I found this solution in the summary of a related thread on [email protected] (mailing list). Thanks for the various assists on this, I’m glad to say that the problem I was having is now solved. I am now successfully interworking dynamically addressed (DHCP) Win2K-pro and XP clients with OpenBSD isakmpd using X.509 certificate-based authentication. I […]
This is our spam / virus filter update for customers on the mx1 / mx2.tnpw.net filtering cluster. The information is brought to you by our vendor, Spam Experts.  OS Update SpamExperts is preparing to upgrade all Local Cloud servers from Debian 6 (LTS) to Debian 7.0 over the next weeks. This is generally done as […]
In case an application such as the IBM Systems Director needs the DB2 client to be installed, the process has a couple of pitfalls. Here are steps that make the installation very simple. Download the DB2 client from IBM: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/9/download.html Create a directory and unpack the tarball in that directory, and install the client: wget […]
StorageNewsletter.com is carrying and article about our new SAN infrastructure choice around IBM N series and Zerowait SimpleStor products. Here is an excerpt: Zerowait Corporation, provider of independent NetApp support and off- lease systems, announced that NewPush, a global application and data-warehouse hosting company, has selected Zerowait to architect and manage NewPush’s NetApp and IBM […]
For most businesses, there are two types of VPN that apply: site to site VPN: this is used to link sites, such as your office and the data center, mobile VPN: this is used to link mobile or home users to a corporate site, or a data center. The mobile VPN to your office is […]
Change the RAC card password by doing the following: (note, that the default user=root password=calvin) root# racadm -r 10.1.1.1 -u root -p calvin getconfig -g cfgUserAdmin -i1 # cfgUserAdminIndex=1 cfgUserAdminUserName=root cfgUserAdminPrivilege=0 cfgUserAdminAlertFilterRacEventMask=0x300000 cfgUserAdminAlertFilterSysEventMask=0x77777 cfgUserAdminPageNumericEnable=0 cfgUserAdminPageNumericNumber= cfgUserAdminPageNumericMessage=SE cfgUserAdminPageNumericHangupDelay=0x0 cfgUserAdminPageAlphaEnable=0 cfgUserAdminPageAlphaNumber= cfgUserAdminPageAlphaProtocol=8N1 cfgUserAdminPageAlphaBaudRate=0x4b0 cfgUserAdminPageAlphaCustomMsg= cfgUserAdminPageAlphaModemConnectTimeout=0x3c cfgUserAdminPageAlphaPagerId= cfgUserAdminPageAlphaPassword= cfgUserAdminEmailEnable=0 cfgUserAdminEmailAddress= cfgUserAdminEmailCustomMsg= cfgUserAdminPageModemInitString=AT+GCI=B5 cfgUserAdminPageModemPort=0x1 cfgUserAdminType=0x3 root# racadm -r 10.1.1.1 […]
Domino Server SSL Key Import By default, the SSL key order process in the Domino Administrator assumes that only single domain certificates are used. Hence, when you have a multi domain UCC or a wildcard certificate, it has to be loaded into the keyring (a.k.a. kyr file) outside of the Domino Administrator. The basic overview […]
To change the owner of a database we have found this solution: UPDATE pg_database SET datdba=(SELECT usesysid FROM pg_shadow WHERE usename=’new_owner’) WHERE datname=’db_name’; http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2003-07/msg00301.php * From: Tom Lane * To: Devrim GUNDUZ * Subject: Re: changing ownership of db * Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:41:08 -0400 Devrim GUNDUZ writes: > On Tue, 29 Jul […]
IBM makes it very easy to get the model number and the serial number of an AIX system or a VIOS on thier Power Series: $ uname -M # model number IBM,NNNN-NNN $ uname -m # serial number HHHHHHHHHHHH You don’t even need to be root to run the commands. More useful AIX commands.