Blog Index

Gauge Your Unix Skill Level!

Python Debugging Tips for pdb and IPython/ipdb

• Python Check Syntax with -m Switch
• Python Debugging in ipython and ipdb
  
• Python Debugging in pdb and setup breakpoints from Python code
  
• .vimrc for Python (vim settings for Python)
  

Solaris Administrations

• Solaris Volume Manager Quick Reference
• Fix Solaris 10 SMF Errors in 1 Minute!
• Solaris 10 SMF for Network Services
• Implement a Basic Solaris Jumpstart Server
• Solaris Jumpstart Client Boot Sequence
• Troubleshoot Solaris Jumpstart
• Solaris NFS Server
• Solaris NFS Client
• Solaris Syslog
• Solaris Swap Configuration
• Solaris NSCD
• Solaris Crash Dump Administration
• Solaris AutoFS
• Solaris Remote Procedure Call
• Solaris 10 Performance Tuning - Analyzing CPU

AIX Administrations

• AIX Adjust Vritual Memory Paging Settings for Optimal ASE Performance
• AIX Checkpoints
• AIX Breaking Root Disk Mirrors for OS Upgrade
• AIX Boot Related Administration Notes
• AIX Mirrorring Rootdisk
• AIX Paging Space Management

Linux Administrations

• Linux RPM and Open-Source Development Tools
• Linux Filesystem Ext3/Ext2 Quick Guide
• Linux NFS Quick Guide
• Linux Portmapper/RPC Quick Guide
• Linux Performance Tuning, Kernel Tuning Quick Guide
• Linux System Security Part 1
• Linux Openssl Quick Guide
• Linux OpenSSH Agent Forwarding Quick Guide
• Linux Generating Certificate for Apache
• Linux Compile and Setup Kerberos Quick Guide
• Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on Vmware Host

Perl, Shell Scriptings

• Compiling and Installing Net::SSH::Perl - SSH Module for Perl
• Perl Regular Expression Summary
• Accessing MySQL Database with Perl DBD:DBI
• Auto Sign-in Websites/Auto Fetch Webpages with Curl and Perl
• Shell Scripting Part 1
• Shell Scripting Challenging Tasks

Web (Apache, Weblogic, Tomcat)

• Weblogic Setup Quick Guide
• Installing modjk Quick Guide
• Generating SSL Certificate for Apache Web Server

TCP/IP

• Understanding TCP Connection States
• Understanding TCP Headers in 1 Minute!
• Data Encapsulation
  
• Understanding DNS Security in 1 Minute!
• Analyzing ARP Weakness in 1 Minute!
• Understanding Ethernet and ARP Security in 1 Minute!
  

Unix Internal and System Programming (C, Perl, Python)

• Files and Directories
• Terminal and Devices
• Processes
• Process Control
• I/O Redirection and Pipes

Vim,mintty,vimshell, ubuntu, etc.

• Installing Ubuntu 9.1 in vmware virtual host
  

Kerberos, NIS, DNS, NFS, etc.

• Compile and Setup Open Source Kerberos KDC
  
• Compile and Setup Open Source NIS
  

Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas Cluster Server (VCS)

Open Source Projects

• Hadoop/MapReduce (Cloud Computing)
• Job Scheduler
  

Fresh Catches of the Day

• vim Conque Shell (run bash, ipython, pdb inside vim!)