As part of the Solaris 11 Express Installation, you are required to create a named user, which is then the account you can log in as, no root for you. Anyways the problem here is that we had some machines which we subsequently wanted to change the name. Normally this…
Bash: Using Temporary SSH Keys Within A Script
Every once and a while you will have the need to make multiple ssh calls to remote systems within a bash script. Normally you would simply have the user enter their password multiple times, or have a requirement for SSH keys to be configured prior to running the keys. This…
Bash: Using pv to Display Progress of dd
One of the biggest weaknesses of dd is that it has no way to display progress on its actions. You can send a signal to the process which will pause, display statistics, and resume the process however this takes up alot of your terminal screen if you are doing any…
Linux-KVM Management: Offline Migration
When you compare Linux-KVM to Hyper-V or VMWare your initial results will indicate that Linux-KVM is lacking when it comes to management tools, and basic functionality. You would be correct, however you would also be incorrect. You see with Linux-KVM we can leverage the underlying power of the Linux userland,…