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  1. Here's a basic recipe for building postfix from source on OpenSolaris -- includes mysql, pcre, and ldap extentions: http://ping.fm/tEzr8
  2. One of my favorite task-driven documents for PXE installing (net install) OpenSolaris servers: http://ping.fm/dZ2Tn
  3. Bluetooth headphones: I've had the southwing sa505's for a while ... I like them fine, other's don't ... ...http://ping.fm/I8ULU
  4. The HHKB Lite keyboard: I like it, but still not the ultimate keyboard for me ... http://ping.fm/cfLPM
  5. ... speaking of which, since you won't find a link to the author's blog on that page ... http://ping.fm/Wp1QB
  6. Here's one for the what's-hot-in-my-sysadmin-toolbox dept ... The solview jumpstart profile builder: http://ping.fm/uMOlb
  7. Announcement: next opensolaris user group meeting (chicago): http://ping.fm/u26Up
  8. Related code is here (lines 218-221): http://ping.fm/VZjVB
  9. Nuance of the day: Use passwd -N to enable an app acct. (eg the mysql "user") to own cron jobs...
  10. @glynnfoster VRRP? Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol?
  11. @puppetmasterd Good point, it gets worse as you follow more tho of course. For me, fwiw my upper limit nowadays is ~40, (vs. e.g. your 140+)
  12. But apparently a lot of SMF services define the service's config files in the method script instead of the SMF properties facility. :-(
  13. svcprop -p config_data/entities -p config/config_file 2> /dev/null `svcs -H -a -o FMRI | grep -v lrc:`
  14. Anyone already tackled how configuration mgmt entities could be programatically (i.e. "canonically") defined on opensolaris? I tried this:
  15. ... Incidentally, that podcast, sourcetrunk, is easily one of my favorite shows lately. Although that's not saying much really...
  16. Thinking maybe virtualbox is the best way to go for experienced Linux users who want to learn OpenSolaris: http://ping.fm/pgJjw
  17. @ceri My take is mailwrapper wouldn't matter much on dedicated mman/postfix box. But probably in more general purpose setups it might?
  18. Feeling like a Margarita... just finished creating a Mailman/Postfix test server in a zone, mostly from the ground up. And bonus, it works!
  19. @ceri re: 4500->4540. Your top ~3 being...? (On the other hand maybe I'd be better off not knowing what I'm missing! :) )
  20. ... The Storage Community (http://ping.fm/xfhxd) guys made systems administration a 1st-class citizen on their webspace. Smart move.