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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I've been learning linux and solaris for the past couple months and have been thinking about seeking a systems admin career. Is it worth it to learn solaris? Do many companies really use it or is it a waste of my time? Would learning just linux be a better idea? I see there's more opportunity as a... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: austinramsay
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2. Linux
Hi everyone,
Almost everything is in the title!
Which partitions do you keep?
Which partitions do you reformat, while doing a clean install?
Personaly, I never format /var and /home partitions when I update to latest linux distribution.
It has been working quite ok up to now, but I was... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: freddie50
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3. HP-UX
Hello,
forgive me if this seems a bit trivial to you but I am fairly new to HP-ux having worked with AIX for the past 15 years. We have inherited a couple of HP-ux servers without any tape drives and running Hp-ux v11. I am familiar with creating mksysbs on our AIX Nim server for recovery and... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: neilh1703
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4. Programming
Dear friends,
Before putting my questions forward, I would like to put some data infront of you, hope you will help me at the end.
This website
Cray-Cyber - Welcome
provides free access to many supercomputers and mainframe computers. When you login through ssh, they provide you with a screen,... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: gabam
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Dear friends,
Before putting my questions forward, I would like to put some data infront of you, hope you will help me at the end.
This website
Cray-Cyber - Welcome
provides free access to many supercomputers and mainframe computers. When you login through ssh, they provide you with a screen,... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: gabam
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6. SCO
I have a SCO Unix server from 1999 running SCO 5.0.5 and some ancient accounting software called Real World
A report writer program on the system is used to generate CSV files from accounting that we write with DOSCOPY commands to 3.5" floppies
In the next 60 days we will be decommissioning... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: magnetman
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello all,
I really hope that this is the right Forum to post this kind of a question...
I have been working in the IT support industry for nearly 3 years now. I started of providing end-user support. So enough to say that I provided my fair share of "have you tried turning it off and on"... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kalignas
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
OK I have a simple awk script:
$ awk '/03\/11\/10/' foofile|awk -f finderrors.awk
I want to use in the ksh script to so that I can do something like this:
#!/bin/ksh
TODAY=`date +"%D"`
awk /$TODAY/ foofile|awk -f finderrors.awk
The problem I am having is (I believe) is with the special... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bike4life
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello all! I am searching for a *nix distro for a project I am about to undertake.
I have a laptop (p3 500mhz, 128MB ram, 10GB hard drive) that I would like to use as a server for VPN & possibly hosting a small personal web site. Now, here is where it gets a bit tricky. There is no optical... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: DISK
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10. Debian
Hi all,
I know, it's a highly subjective and speculative question, but can anyone advise a Linux-newbie (haven't even started yet) on what distribution might be right in my case?
- I have for all intents and purposes NO Linux experience.
- I do have some previous IT experience. -- A... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: ropers
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