Merry Christmas
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Author Archive: spp
Happy Birthday, LOPSA!
Well, I was going to wait for us to put up an announcement on the front page of “LOPSA”:http://lopsa.org/, but since “Tom Limoncelli”:http://www.everythingsysadmin.com/archives/000164.html just pointed to his blog posting, I guess it is OK to go ahead.
Happy Birthday, LOPSA! It has been a long and sometimes tough journey to reach our one year milestone. We suffered through some early setbacks and had to launch prematurely. But we launched successfully, and we’ve continued to grow, succeed, and provide service throughout the year:
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Sys Admin Access to Information and the Code of Ethics
A few weeks ago, in the ComputerWorld article “_Look who has access to your email_”:http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004274, Bruce Hoard wrote about the dangers of system administrators having access to email and other files of high level executives. The article mostly focuses on technical issues such as encryption and access control software. It spends a little time on…
Acer Aspire 9300, Solaris X86, Atheros Wifi NIC
Got the Atheros 802.11abg NIC working on my new Acer laptop under Solaris X86. I tried to follow the instructions at the “atheros driver”:http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ath/ page, but they are a little out of date. The atheros driver has been integrated into OpenSolaris, so only one or two instructions are correct. However, it did put me on the right track.
New laptop and Solaris X86
I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a few things easier on myself recently. First and foremost, I like to be able to keep up on my email wherever I am, at home, at work, or on the road. My home office was specifically built in the basement far away from everyone else,…
Virtualization technologies and reducing admin workload
At work, every new technology we introduce must go through engineering and financial justification and be approved by a standards governance body. This is to help corral the proliferation of technology choices that we already have throughout the world. My most recent major technology introduction is Solaris Containers for virtualization. Awhile back the Windows team…
It never rains, it pours. Or hails.
Yesterday evening, I was supposed to fly to New Jersey for an all day meeting today. The weather was a little overcast, and there had been a few showers earlier, so I didn’t think there were going to be too many problems. When I fly to NJ, I always take the 7:45 out of Columbus,…
Ohio LinuxFest
Today’s “Ohio LinuxFest”:http://www.ohiolinux.org/ was quite an interesting event. Doug and I were the only two LOPSA members working the booth, although a few local-ish members stopped by to say “hi”. Because of that, the only time either of us got out from the booth was to stretch our legs, and when I served on the…
Ohio LinuxFest 2006
Just a reminder the “Ohio Linux Fest”:http://www.ohiolinux.org/, a *free* day long symposium on all things Open Source will be happening this Saturday from 8AM to 5PM at the Columbus Convention Center. I could still use some LOPSA faces to help in the booth. Since this blog is syndicated to OpenSolaris.org, I’ll also note that either…
Ohio LinuxFest Volunteers Needed
On September 30, LOPSA will have a booth at the Ohio LinuxFest in Columbus. We could use some help with volunteers in the booth helping to explain LOPSA and sign up new members. If you’re local to Columbus and can spend some time at the booth, please let me (spp at lopsa . org) know.