UNIX

Mailing Attachments from the Terminal Prompt in UNIX and Linux

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Transferring files from a UNIX or Linux server when FTP is not installed can be tricky. In my case, there was a set of log files that I needed to send to someone for analysis. After discovering that FTP was not set up on the server, I decided to try another route: zipping the logs … Read more

Datacenter Migration, Authentication Changes, and Solaris – The Perfect Storm

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Peter Griffin is calm while the world burns around him

The action of moving an Oracle Primavera P6 database from one server to another should be fairly simple. Changing the authentication type on that database from a virtual LDAP server to native Active Directory should also be simple. Doing both at the same time? Not so much. And even though I generally try to keep … Read more