Well you can try “uname -a”. That always works for Solaris, Sun and HP-UX. For Linux, it is a slightly different matter.
Guns animation
I have always been fascinated by guns, how they pack so much mechanical automation in a such a small package.
Palm Pre
Palm is back, introducing a totally new device called Pre, this time whith a phone similar to a Treo, but way better. But it is going take a lot more than a product announcement to tempt me back. I migrated…
Target account name is incorrect.
A customer encountered this error message, when he tried to join computer to domain or change the DNS from Primary to AD integrated. Oh did I mention that the 2 out of 3 domain controllers in the domain are offline?
Active Directory Migration Tool
Moving users to a new domain is a real pain. If the computers join a new domain, the users get spiffy new profiles. Their old profiles may not be accessible. That does not make users happy. Another way is to…
About me
I am an IT professional, specializing on Mail systems, mainly Exchange and Lotus Notes. I am also familiar with all versions Microsoft Windows operating systems, SQL 2000 server, ISA 2004 and various brands of firewalls. I have worked 10 years…
New blog
The old blog running MovableType is getting a bit long in the tooth. Publishing a single post means crunching through all my previous posts. Slow but it is getting on my nerves. To that end, from 1 Jan 2009, all…
Guests cannot connect to VMware server host.
This sounds a bit weird. If you have VMware server running on Windows 2003 SP2, you might encounter connection problems from the guest. I have tested using Window shares or UNC paths.
Joining a Linux server to Active Directory domain
A file server running on Linux with Samba is an attractive option to reduce license cost. Samba configuration is easy enough. To get the user permissions right, you will need to join the Linux server to the Active Directory domain.…
Death in the family
This is more of a follow up from the previous post. This post is done retroactively, eg I change the posting date to the time of death.