tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35283462024-02-09T01:42:43.250+08:00#!/bin/ubergoonz -x### life of an unix saubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-23946755575207568172008-02-14T09:53:00.000+08:002008-02-14T09:54:49.939+08:00High Performance SSH/SCP - HPN-SSHThis looks very impressivehttp://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-41909973539091843432007-07-09T21:53:00.000+08:002007-07-09T22:04:33.175+08:00anything or whateverSo now that we have Anything and Whatever selling in Singapore. This is really great.The other day when my wife asked me to buy some soft drinks as she felt like having some. And so, being the good husband I am, I asked her what she like.Yes, you must have had the same good old true blue Singaporean's answer * Anything * Whatever.hehe .. guess what I bought back home ..I read on the paper ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-78208078203714494452007-03-01T14:48:00.000+08:002007-03-01T14:49:27.460+08:00power calculatorsVery often, a sysadmin would need to calculate the power requirements, these are some useful calculator available from the various vendors. Sun T1000 - http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/t1000/calc/index.jsp T2000 - http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/t2000/calc/index.jsp Sun V125 - http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v125/calc/index.jsp Sun V210/V240 - http://www.sun.com/servers/ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1670307061525356122007-02-15T00:41:00.000+08:002007-02-25T19:04:11.325+08:00recapok , it has been busy, really busy. hasn't been putting in effort to blog. so I am ...i think it's good a thing to blog something, at least months (or years) down the road, I can recap on what has been.ok .. the free macbook that I had, it fall onto the floor just less then 2 months I had it ...dun ask me what happened, it just happened.the screen doesn't show anything any more. but i am still ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-59599545336272810072006-11-24T21:40:00.000+08:002006-11-24T21:55:32.693+08:002 is better then 1 ?DBS Bank have just introduced 2 factors authentication using SecureID tokens together with existing login PIN.This, I like very much, as it provides a much secured internet banking experiences.However, something which I noticed different from the regular RSA secured ID tokens which I am more accustomed to, is that I do not need to key in 4 digits before the random token displayed 6 digits ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1159602208265986302006-09-30T15:37:00.000+08:002006-09-30T15:49:34.393+08:00Gigantic bug found at rural GermanyCheck this out http://xrl.us/ryhb, a link passed on by some friends.It seems like the satellite pics on Google Map is bugged. is this the Y2K bug that everyone was talking about?Some speculated that they take a print of the photo and scan it in and the bug was sitting on the contact sheet when the scan was taking place. If not, we are really looking at a serious bug problem.Bring out the DDT !ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1157309807865242262006-09-04T02:52:00.000+08:002006-09-04T02:56:47.883+08:00life just sucksLife just sucks. yes it does.my ex-isp decided to suspend my cable access cos i miss payment for 1 month. yes. 1 month. Cos babyluke was hospitalized for a couple of days and whole life turn upside down. I haven't got time to keep tracks of bills. so they suspend it. and i terminate the server with them.looking at alternativ isp, i found one, which is supposing to be the largest telco in town, ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1150723353785497892006-06-19T20:53:00.000+08:002006-06-19T21:22:33.826+08:00pure zsh irc clientAndrew Ruder a fellow zsh user released a pure zsh irc chat client ... it's pretty cool eh !ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1149494709625423752006-06-05T16:03:00.000+08:002006-06-05T16:05:09.633+08:00to rm or not to rm is the questionWow .. looks like the steps involved in deleting something on windows...ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1149476126155881992006-06-05T10:53:00.000+08:002006-06-05T10:56:21.983+08:00Veritas Freeware ? Wow! Looks like Veritas is free for home use nowadays! Read more ...ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1146508806877220532006-05-02T02:37:00.000+08:002006-05-02T02:41:13.106+08:00ubergoonz needs to eat uberfoodNo sh*t, the buger cost SGD 1-oh-1 $Manz! I need to eat this überburger.ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1146508400493409922006-05-02T02:31:00.000+08:002006-05-02T02:46:57.126+08:00transitive relationshipHere's a funny one ..for all x, y and z in X it holds that if xRy and yRz then xRzubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1143652727129873792006-03-30T01:18:00.000+08:002006-03-30T01:18:47.130+08:00My Screen rcmy .screenrcstartup_message offcaption string "%{= dd}"autodetach oncrlf offdeflogin offhardcopy_append onvbell onsilencewait 15# change escape character to X. I use ^a for beginning of linedefescape ^Xxescape ^Xxactivity "activity in %n (%t)"bell "bell in %n (%t)"vbell_msg " *beep* "#terminfo screen '@7=\E[8%dm:kh=\E[7%dm'#terminfo screen 'ka1=\e[7:kc1=\e[8'#terminfo screen 'khome=\E[7~:kend=\e[ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1141048391488084672006-02-27T21:44:00.000+08:002006-02-27T21:54:50.706+08:00Johari Windowa couple of days ago, i was pondering over the conversation with my fellow SAs. I began to wonder if technical aspect is all it is to unix system administration work.am i becomming the BOFH?then a close net fren of mine send me a link to update his Johari window.I did it and find out that "A Johari window is a metaphorical tool intended to help people better understand their interpersonal ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1132136169196714082005-11-16T18:16:00.000+08:002006-02-27T21:56:03.503+08:00A very long lifeMan! this is mad! the server is up, longer then I am alive on earth!http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200511/msg00216.htmlubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1128835059603839752005-10-09T13:17:00.000+08:002005-10-09T13:17:39.606+08:00#!/bin/ubergoonz -x: it looks good ... http://sun.com revamp#!/bin/ubergoonz -x: it looks good ... http://sun.com revamp
a few weeks after I complained abt the revamped sunsolve search tool. it have improved a lot!
it would be doing the developers dis-services if I did not withdraw my complains.
A great thanks to the developers! great work!
:)
ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1128835154477707212005-10-09T12:50:00.000+08:002005-10-09T13:19:25.633+08:00Installing OS over the network - part 1It seems like more major Operating System (OS) vendors are providing various method of installing their flavour of Operating Systems onto systems via the network. It is somewhat confusing with the different terms it was used and how it work. Here's a quick note on network OS installation on some OS that I am familiar with.Vendor: Sun Microsystem OS: Solaris Status: Current version --> Solaris ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1115311143433204512005-05-06T00:17:00.000+08:002005-05-06T00:44:13.886+08:00it looks good ... http://sun.com revampIf you have noticed ... Sun have just revamp their website. The new website is way too cool (the look) ... if using a correct browser.....I have always told my wife when it comes to condo's ads. fancy resturant served food .."They looks good".Yes. They really looks good. atrist impression ..But it is darn buggy!! The worst website revamp that Sun have ever done I would say. (dun belive? check ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1115309728084539242005-05-06T00:15:00.000+08:002005-05-06T00:16:53.020+08:00The Strange New World of the SolarisTM 10 Service Management Facilityread abt it , The Strange New World of the SolarisTM 10 Service Management Facility, .. brand new way to managed startup scripts ..sorta like RHEL's chkconfig / service command.IMOHO, I like the way the SMF works like the wat linux manages the startup scripts.Som BSD schoool of thoughts perople like the rc.local method of startup services and daemons on UNIX. But I prefer the SysV way. NEVER ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1113928082839797172005-04-20T00:12:00.000+08:002005-04-20T00:28:17.666+08:00RHEL 4 launch in Singaporegotten myself some time off to leave office earlier to attend a RHEL 4 launch today, and I must remember to tell myself "never to attend one of such product launch talk again".I wont mind going to MacWorld Expo Good lesson learned.not that I have anything against RH. No! I love RH. In fact, I started my unix/linux venture with Rh5.1. It is redhat that made me be able to learn and have real ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1110731627444564142005-03-14T00:23:00.000+08:002005-03-14T00:35:31.243+08:00The network is the computerI am extremely disappointed with the support from a vendor for the past few weeks.The OS is reporting ECC memory, but correctable ones that it.As a diligent SA that I am. I logged in a service call. As there isn't any service distruptions (yet), I did not pressed on like I was from the past.The error message persists and many alerts were triggered on the monitoring software, causing much alarm ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1110730896067251222005-03-14T00:08:00.000+08:002005-03-14T00:21:36.070+08:00du & df inconsistency???I am extremely puzzled that du and df inconsistency.I know that open files will be hogging the filesystem, and df will report it as being used. but strangely, lsof / did not show anything!nevertheless, the df command is being used for the monitoring, as such many alerts were reported in the monitoring tool.I logged on and did some checks. upon checking, it was found that many process is hogging ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1106288822635356322005-01-21T14:25:00.000+08:002005-01-21T14:27:02.636+08:00could not chdir ~very sad ... i do not have a nfs mounted ~ ...
:~9ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1105886706526473742005-01-16T22:38:00.000+08:002005-01-16T22:45:06.526+08:00newfs /dev/ubergoonzfinally, the in-between-job 1 week break has come to an end.
Tomorrow will be a start of a new day, new work, new challanges!ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528346.post-1105705150204572942005-01-14T20:19:00.000+08:002005-01-14T20:19:10.203+08:00Mac mini: In-DashThe new Mac mini in possible action. in a car!ubergoOnzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08319109862174349846noreply@blogger.com0