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The Lounge War Stories Prize of being an Admin - Part 2 Post 302816793 by os2mac on Tuesday 4th of June 2013 03:04:41 PM
Old 06-04-2013
Thoughts....

"Unix is user-friendly. It just isn't promiscuous about which users it's friendly with." – Steven King

"Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity." – Dennis Ritchie

xkcd: tar

not a religious war on my part. I am the only UNIX admin in a mostly windows shop... yet I'm still here, not going anywhere and my footprint is actually increasing. We must be good for something....

I'd also like to add that I don't think windows admins are lesser beings, the implication was that they weren't used to our environment and it was something to watch for. Our app layer was coded by windows programmers so the numbering systems and naming conventions weren't consistent. If you made assumptions either way it would bite you...

Last edited by os2mac; 06-04-2013 at 04:10 PM.. Reason: additional comments.
 

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dxlicenses(8)						      System Manager's Manual						     dxlicenses(8)

NAME
dxlicenses - Adds, lists, issues, and deletes software product licenses SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/X11/dxlicenses DESCRIPTION
When you buy software, the vendor from which you purchase the software issues an agreement called a license, which gives you authorization to use the product. Most of the information required by the License Manager can be found on the Product Authorization Key (PAK), which is issued by Compaq when you purchase a software license. Use the License Manager application, dxlicenses, to: Add a licensed software product Modify a licensed software product List a licensed software product Issue a modified license product Delete a licensed software product The License Manager application can be invoked from the CDE Application Manager from the following categories: Application Group: System_Admin System Admin Subgroup: Daily Admin In License Manager, online help is available by clicking on any Help button or by using the Help pull-down menu. FILES
The License Manager application executable file The License Manager help volume The Directory containing License Manager application icons The License Manager defaults file that sets the default values for the X resources SEE ALSO
Commands: lmf(8), lmfsetup(8) Software License Management dxlicenses(8)
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