NetBackup with RHEL5 – CentOS IPTables

First you need to open the iptables firewall settings: ## NetBackup Client Firewall Ports iptables -D RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT –reject-with icmp-host-prohibited iptables -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state –state NEW -p tcp –dport bpcd-j ACCEPT –src iptables -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT –reject-with icmp-host-prohibited /etc/init.d/iptables restart

October 24, 2008 · 1 min · Nick

Dress Code

I dress like a big geek sometimes. It isn’t uncommon to see me roll into work with jeans on and an untucked Polo shirt. On really bad days (the ones where I never made it home to sleep) you will see me in a Tshirt from time to time. Don’t get me wrong, if I am working with the customer or have meetings of importance I dress up with the best of them. I don’t mind the tie, I embrace it. ...

October 16, 2008 · 2 min · Nick

Time Machine for Solaris

It is great to see the Sun guys utilizing the technology underlying to move beyond “me too!” I am afraid that this maybe too little too late for Sun. I would love to see Sun go the route of SGI/IBM and opensource (GPL not CDDL) their cool beans technologies. One UNIX geek can only hope.

October 13, 2008 · 1 min · Nick

Loki Games Fix

export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 To install some old Loki Linux games you will need to set the POSIX version. Here you go Intertubes for all to search and find.

October 12, 2008 · 1 min · Nick

McAfee buys Secure Computing

The most beautiful firewall I have ever come into contact with is Sidewinder. The first day I learned about Blurbs in the military was the day I began to jump with joy inside. Sidewinder has a very unique product that allows for an ultra-secure configuration. As with all things, McAfee will screw them up. I am sad inside now. McAfee buys Secure Computing

September 22, 2008 · 1 min · Nick