Friday Sep 05, 2008
Software Freedom Day Is Sept. 20: Join In
Sun sees the promise of open-source software as the perfect way for society and business alike to forge a world of expanded opportunity, increased flexibility, and continual innovation. Software Freedom day is a global celebration of these virtues. So join in, release your ideas, launch a community, explore new code, and have fun! Learn more.
Posted at 09:42AM Sep 05, 2008
by GD in Events |
Articles in Japanese on BigAdmin Site
The BigAdmin Multilingual hub has 50 articles in Japanese on the Solaris OS alone; that's not counting the articles on Sun Management Center and Sun Java Enterprise System. Oh, and that doesn't include all the articles in other languages.
Posted at 09:00AM Sep 05, 2008
by CM and KP in BigAdmin |
Thursday Sep 04, 2008
Solaris Tip of the Week
Jay Danielson's tips cover RBAC, displaying zone utilization on a web server, using the global zone as a firewall, a Solaris search utility, file-based ZFS for development and test environments, DHCP JumpStart, Solaris Zones, Service Management Facility (SMF), and debugging native code with disassembler.
Posted at 09:00AM Sep 04, 2008
by CM and KP in BigAdmin |
Wednesday Sep 03, 2008
Developer Events in September
Whether you're interested in identity, open source, or virtualization, check out these developer events.
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Posted at 04:45PM Sep 03, 2008
by GD in Events |
Happy Birthday Redesign for BigAdmin Wiki
The BigAdmin Wiki is one year old. Use it when you want to post content immediately, or comment on other sys admin content. You'll earn the same number of BigAdmin Bucks as when you submit to the BigAdmin web site. Redeem your Bucks for our USB memory stick and other good stuff.
Posted at 09:00AM Sep 03, 2008
by CM and KP in BigAdmin |
Tuesday Sep 02, 2008
True Abstraction: Composite UI Components in JSF 2.0 -- Part 1
This Tech Tip introduces a powerful new feature in JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0 technology: composite user interface (UI) components. This feature allows you to turn any collection of page markup into a JSF UI component--with attached validators, converters, action listeners, and value change listeners--for use by page authors.
Posted at 04:17PM Sep 02, 2008
by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java |
MySQL-GlassFish Student Contest: Win $500
Students: Use MySQL database and GlassFish application server to develop a web application, then write a review for a chance to win prizes. Read more.
Posted at 03:11PM Sep 02, 2008
by GD in Students |
Developers in Second Life, a Virtual Community
Sun's space in Second Life provides us the opportunity to share our technologies and programs with a wider audience of developers, but even more importantly, it allows us to talk to you directly, or at least avatar to avatar, to get your feedback and thoughts on what we're doing, how to use our technologies, and how we can help you grow your business and careers.
Posted at 02:04PM Sep 02, 2008
by dananourie in Sun Developer Network |
See How Sun Forums Use Sun Java System Web Server
The Sun Forums web site offers Web 2.0-style forum services. This article shows how forums.sun.com is deployed using Sun Java System Web Server 7.0.
Posted at 09:00AM Sep 02, 2008
by CM and KP in BigAdmin |
The Impact of Sun Certification on Team Performance
Did you know that having 50% of a development team Sun certified in Java can improve performance in application development by more than 40% over teams with no certified team members? A Sun-sponsored global study conducted by IDC showed that Sun certification can have a significant impact on the performance of Application Developers.
IDC Analysts Cushing Anderson and Stephen Hendricks will be presenting these findings in a live webcast on September 24th at 10 PDT/12 EDT/6 GMT.
http://www.sun.com/training/certification/idc.html
Posted at 06:00AM Sep 02, 2008
by SDN Program News Staff: LH in Training and Learning |
Monday Sep 01, 2008
For Sys Admin Updates, Follow BigAdmin on Twitter
If you'd like to know more about what we publish or update on BigAdmin, follow our Twitter ID, "BigAdmn," without the second "i." (Never fear, we can spell, but Twitter doesn't seem to allow "admin" as user name.)
Posted at 09:00AM Sep 01, 2008
by CM and KP in BigAdmin |
Friday Aug 29, 2008
News From Sun Campus Ambassadors Worldwide
Read the news from and about campus ambassadors Santiago Builes, Oscar Linares, Jenifer Parra, Vitorio Sassi, Sidsel Jensen, and Silveira Neto.
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Posted at 11:49AM Aug 29, 2008
by GD in Students |
Event: Software Freedom Day (many locations, Sept. 20)
Sun Microsystems is an official sponsor of Software Freedom Day, to be held in many different locations worldwide on September 20. Find out how you can participate in this worldwide event. Join a Sun team on Software Freedom Day.
Posted at 11:16AM Aug 29, 2008
by GD in Events |
Sun Java System Directory Server 6: PwdLastAuthTime and cn=proxyagent
Sun Java System Directory Server 6 introduced a new attribute in password policies, PwdLastAuthTime, that stores the last time a user authenticated to the Directory. ProxyAgent is the default user in the profile used by native-ldap clients configured for proxy authentication. See this blog posting for more information.
Posted at 12:00AM Aug 29, 2008
by CM and KP in BigAdmin |
Thursday Aug 28, 2008
Anonymous Access and Solaris native-ldap Clients
Since anonymous access to an entire directory tree can be a security risk, this blog posting clarifies what anonymous access is required by Solaris native-ldap clients. When Solaris native-ldap clients are
initialized they require anonymous access to the Sun Java System Directory Server's baseDN and ou=profile container. The acis here
configure the appropriate access.
Posted at 09:00AM Aug 28, 2008
by CM and KP in BigAdmin |
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