A new eBook by Issac G that explains how to setup a dedicated server using Webmin is now available from www.thededicatedserverhandbook.com. Videos from the book are also available on YouTube.

Static routes are a very common necessity once your networks become even a little complex. Whether you need to route specific traffic over a VPN or setup specific test addresses for IPMP failover, static routes are indispensable.
For many years the “correct” way of configuring static routes in Solaris has been to create an…

I recently installed Solaris 08/07 on a T2000 with a Sun Quad GbE x8 PCIe Low Profile Adapter (X4447A-z) inside. The machine gave lots of problems.
One of the issues was the following message which the machine logged hundreds if not thousands of times:

Oct 23 22:18:27 hostname fmd: SUNW-MSG-ID: SUNOS-8000-1L, TYPE: Defect,…

I recently installed Solaris 08/07 on two T2000 machines and was extremely surprised to find a serious bug with the fmd (Fault Management Daemon) service.
The service would, seemingly at random, fail to start on boot. It wouldn’t actually fail though- it just never finished starting. This caused numerous side effects including that prtdiag, fmdump,…

For those who aren’t familiar, Microsoft has a program called JMRP (Junk Mail Reporting Program). Mail senders can sign an agreement with Microsoft to receive complaints about mail sent from their domains. Basically that means, if I send email to your Hotmail account, and you complain that it is spam, Microsoft will forward…