Archives for category Sysadmin

Topics related to system administration or IT.

Sun Microsystems Gripes

Your new Solaris patching system is 90% sucky for paid customers and 100% awesome for you
The host sunsolve.sun.com is always sluggish or downright slow
The host osc-amer.sun.com is always slow (for years now). I’ve spent the last 30 minutes watching my support request form submittal time out. It’s not the first time.
Your documentation quality [...]

Cream: For those who can’t stomach raw Vim

I’ve used the vi text editor for 13 years now. Under Windows, I’ve used vi clones in several flavors:

The now-defunct shareware editor “Lemmy” which I’d licensed
The port of Elvis to Windows
and finally, when I’ve been able to tolerate it for very long, Vim

I’ve always been ecstatic that Vim exists. I’m more ecstatic lately [...]

Dreamhost and Customer Privacy

I’ve had my sites hosted by Dreamhost for long enough now to be pleased with the company. It may not seem it once you finish reading this, but I do highly recommend them.
Something I’m not pleased with, however, is Dreamhost storing historical support information for each user… including any passwords… in clear readable text. [...]