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Crontab – Quick Reference

cron is a unix, solaris utility that allows tasks to be automatically run in the background at regular intervals by the cron daemon. Learn setting up cronjobs in Unix and Solaris in this document.

command, crontab, crontab syntax, unix crontab, usage

Backup Basics Featured

Backup Commands in Linux & Unix with Usage and Examples

Unix backup and restore can be done using unix commands ufsdump , tar , cpio and this document will give you overview of commands , syntax and examples

compress, cpio, dump, gzip, tar, ufsdump

Basics Featured

vi editor Quick Reference & Cheat Sheet

vi is a unix editor available on almost all the unix operating systems like solaris , bsd ,aix , hpux etc. This document is a quick reference to vi editor and will be of help if your are new to unix , learning unix or just looking for some vi commands

commands, linux vi editor, unix, vi

Basics Tips

Unix Tech Tips

Some tech tips that can save you a lot of time , one liner scripts , find system information etc.

Tips

Boot Install

Booting Problems & Solutions in Solaris

Booting problems poses serious challenge to the system administrators as system is down and no one can use it . This article tries to cover some of the general booting problems and their possible solutions to enable understand the problem cause and bring the system up very quickly.

Following are some of the booting issues ,error messages their meaning and possible solutions discussed in this article.

Boot, bootblk, Booting problems in Solaris, ELF, path_to_inst, single user, stat

Basics Boot

Booting Process in Solaris

Understanding the booting process is important in the sense that you can get a clear idea when a system faces a booting problem if you are familiar with the booting sequence and steps involved. Learn about the booting process in Unix/Solaris

DNS

Domain Name Service

The following article describes in simple step the how to setup a DNS server. Though the article focus on Solaris but any operating system which uses BIND the procedure will remain the same.

DNS, Domain Name Service

Basics Featured File system