What is Sudo? Prior to sudo whenever you wanted to run a command as a specific user then you would su (switch user) to gain access to a shell for that user. This of course required that you knew the password for that user, and it would spawn a new…
Solaris 11: Using Crashplan for Cloud Backups
I personally use Crashplan for my cloud based backups (I have for over a year). I use them because they are one of a few (to be honest the only one) who actually have Solaris installers. The one downside of this is that they do not start the CrashPlanEngine by…
Solaris 11: Defining A Service Using Svcbundle and the SMF
Lately I have been going through an exercise of migrating all of my current services into Solaris 11 (more specifically a zone). I have already been using similar technology on the Linux side, I use OpenVZ with a mix of Linux distributions. However I would like to take advantage of…
Google Galaxy Nexus: Android 4.2 Over The Air Update
The Problem I own both a Google Galaxy Nexus (the phone) and a Google Nexus 7 (the tablet). Both of these devices have served me well in the time I had them. Until the Over-the-Air update for Android 4.2 on my Galaxy Nexus. This really ruined my day. Basically the…