Installing Oracle Java JDK/JRE on RedHat Linux
Applies to: RHEL v5 or newer To the rest of us, the included OpenJDK shipped on our RHEL installer is more than enough. But for some peculiar reason, application vendors…
Setup sendmail to forward to external smtp server
If you want your local installation of sendmail to forward all emails to certain, external smtp server, all you have to do is to enable and setup the smarthost feature…
A bit more on sudo: Assigning selective privileges to executables
So I have a user in my box, dedicated only to run database dump from our oracle database. All they have to do, is to execute a specific command, with…
Create a raw Logical Volume for Oracle ASM on AIX
Oracle’s ASM uses raw device to perform their disk operation. What we usually do is that we assign a LUN from a SAN to a server, then assign the raw…
Unmounting NFS share that no longer exist
In an unlikely event that you need to unmount an NFS share that no longer exist, what you need to do is: # umount -f -l /media/backup Cause things happen.…
Setup NAT with iptables on Linux
If you need to share a single internet connection to other devices in your network, then NAT is the way to go. Most network appliances with routing capability include this…
Installing XIV Host Attachment Kit on RHEL v5 and up
To use the IBM XIV to its’ fullest potential, the host attachment kit is necessary. With Host Attachment Kit, managing XIV path and LUNs is a straightforward task. Of course…
Problem on resizing volume group on AIX 0516-1714, 0516-792, 0516-787, and 0516-404
This is tested on AIX 6.1. When you try to add a disk to an existing VG, by doing: #extendvg vgdata hdisk20 you may receive the following error message: 0516-1714…
Humble Bundle and Steam for Linux
If you’re Ubuntu user, and fans of the Humble Bundle.. err bundles, now you can get all of your Humble Bundle goodies on steam, since Valve has decided to start…
Picasa 3.9 login problem on Ubuntu 12.10
As you may have known, Google has pulled the plug on Picasa for linux, with 3.0 beta being the latest version available. Some of you that resourceful enough probably has…