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• Data and Technology

  Posted on March 17th, 2008

  Written by cliff

  Tags

  10G, database, kernel, linux, oracle, parameters, preinstall, profile, requirements, rhel, sysctl

  RHEL System Configuration Changes for Oracle 10G

  

  Below is a list of RHEL system configuration changes that Oracle 10G requires before it is installed.
  First, check the following kernel parameters using the commands below:

  /sbin/sysctl -a | grep kernel.shmall
  /sbin/sysctl -a | grep kernel.shmmax
  /sbin/sysctl -a | grep kernel.shmmni
  /sbin/sysctl -a | grep kernel.sem
  /sbin/sysctl -a | grep fs.file-max
  /sbin/sysctl -a | grep net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range
  /sbin/sysctl -a | grep net.core.rmem_default
  /sbin/sysctl [...]

• Data and Technology

  Posted on March 14th, 2008

  Written by cliff

  Tags

  datagram pinwheel, firewall, mac, name service, netbios, nmb, osx, smb, smbclient, tcp, udp

  When Mac OSX SMB Connections Fail

  

  Earlier today I had a problem with some Macs that could not establish SMB connections to our Windows File Server. There was no quick error, so the problem really “felt” like a firewall issue but strangely I was able to make a CLI connection to the file server using smbclient:

  smbclient //server/share -U domain/username
  Password:*******
  Domain=[DOMAIN] OS=[Windows Server [...]

• Et cetera

  Posted on March 11th, 2008

  Written by cliff

  Tags

  2008, barack, campaign, clinton obama, democrat, fear, fear mongering, girl, hillary, red phone, red phone ad, sleeping

  Girl in Clinton’s “Red Phone” Ad Supports Obama

  

  It turns out that the sleeping little girl in Hillary Clinton’s “Red Phone” TV advertisement is supporting Barack Obama. The Clinton campaign used stock footage of the girl who is now of voting age and calls “Red Phone” ad “Fear Mongering”. I guess the Clinton crew should have thought about that.

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