Solaris 10 Tip: How To Change Your IP

Solaris 10 is an entirely different animal than any of the preceeding versions. So much comes pre-installed now making it a heck of a lot easier for an Admin go bounce from Linux to Solaris without having to consider what platform he/she is truly on. One of the difficulties I recently encountered was changing the

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OpenVPN

Openvpn, for those that are unfamiliar with it, is an excellent point-to-point VPN software package. I tried it out in an environment where both ends were Fedora Core Linux systems and the installation went extremely well. In fact, it was almost simple. 🙂 The tough part was getting the configuration fine-tuned enough such that it

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How To Change The Hostname In Solaris

To change the hostname on a Solaris system, you should edit all of these files: /etc/hosts /etc/nodename /etc/hostname.* /etc/net/ticlts/hosts        (this file is unused in Solaris 10 and above) /etc/net/ticots/hosts       (this file is unused in Solaris 10 and above) /etc/net/ticotsord/hosts  (this file is unused in Solaris 10 and above) You should then reboot

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