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Solaris PAM and LDAP: No account present for user

Just so there’s some clear google-findable record of this in order to save other people the day I just wasted.
Solaris PAM (specifically pam_unix_account.so.1 I believe) requires all LDAP user entries to belong to objectClass: shadowAccount. If you have no need for user passwords in LDAP like we do, tough luck - you still need [...]

July 23, 2008 – 5:15 pm

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Software Gone Wild: Red Hat rpm

Now in what I believe is its 8th year, the Red Hat Package Manager should be taken into a field and shot dead.

Usage: rpm [-aKfgpWHqV] [-aKfgpWHqVcdils]
[-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV]
[-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVK]
[-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVK] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKi]
[-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKiv] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKiv]
[-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqVKiv?] [-a|--all] [-f|--file] [-g|--group]
[-p|--package] [-W|--ftswalk] [--pkgid] [--hdrid] [--fileid]
[--specfile] [--triggeredby] [--whatrequires] [--whatprovides]
[--nomanifest] [-c|--configfiles] [-d|--docfiles] [--dump] [-l|--list]
[--queryformat=QUERYFORMAT] [-s|--state] [--nomd5] [--nofiles]
[--nodeps] [--noscript] [--comfollow] [--logical] [--nochdir]
[--nostat] [--physical] [--seedot] [--xdev] [--whiteout]
[--addsign] [...]

November 1, 2007 – 8:57 am

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Thunderbird, Kerberos for Windows, and Cyrus IMAP

This isn’t a step-by-step guide but provides some notes from my trial and frequent error.

August 6, 2007 – 1:06 pm

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Solaris Nomenclature

I can never seem to keep up with Sun’s naming for their various technologies. I’ve read quite a bit, but if anyone can clarify the following in non-marketing-speak, I’d appreciate it.
Solaris Domains - What are they and how are they different from Resource Pools and other similar tech? Are they obsolete nowadays in [...]

June 28, 2007 – 3:25 pm