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Installing VMWare Tools on Oracle Enterprise Linux: Frustrated yet? If you're here, then it's probably a yes =) Have this error: [dt_code_final]... The path "" is not a valid path to the gcc binary[/dt_code_final] Simple fix: [dt_code_final] yum install gcc -y[/dt_code_final] Seeing this error: [dt_code_final] The path "" is not a valid path to the kernel headers[/dt_code_final] Another simple fix: [dt_code_final] yum install kernel-uek-headers-`uname -r` -y yum install kernel-uek-devel-`uname -r` -y [/dt_code_final] Kick it back off and you should be good to go! Here's the full deal: [dt_code_final] yum -y install gcc yum -y install kernel-uek-devel-`uname -r` -y yum -y install kernel-uek-headers-`uname -r` -y mkdir /mnt/cdrom mnt /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -t auto cd /mnt/cdrom/ cp VMWareTools*.tar.gz /tmp cd /tmp tar zxvf VMWareTools* cd vmware-tools-distrib ./vmware-install.pl [/dt_code_final] That should do it for ya! Cheers! .: Adam

Quick'n'Dirty: Secure-ish way of executing sudo in shell scripts: I have a need a lot of times to execute sudo wrapped commands in shell scripts that I use for automating tedious tasks, like installing OIM =). The kicker is that sometimes, I need to run commands as root. Here's the quick and dirty way I accomplish that without divulging the passwords: #! /bin/bash read -s -p "Enter Password for sudo: " sudoPW ... echo $sudoPW | sudo -S yum update This way the user is prompted for the password (and hidden from terminal) and then passed into commands as needed, so I'm not running the entire script as root =) If you have a better, way, I'd love to hear it! I'm not a shell scripting expert by any means. Cheers! .: Adam

Error: You are not authorized to configure this web server: When installing the webgate for Oracle Access Manager (OAM), there's a step you have to run to edit the httpd.conf file: [WG_HOME]/webgate/apache/tools/setup/InstallTools/EditHttpConf If you see this error, there's an easy fix for you: Error: You are not authorized to configure this web server ... All you need to do is edit the httpd.conf file manually and edit the User / Group to the user that you're installing the webgate as. Generally this should be oracle. User oracle Group oracle restart apache and you should be good to go! .: Adam

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Governance 2016: This just popped up on the radar last week. Thought I'd share this. Pretty interesting for a couple reasons: SailPoint is still ranking in the lead (3 years running) Oracle is also increasing their position The dots have seemingly scattered all over the place this year. Last couple years, there was a solid grouping. ... Looks like I'm going to need to look into these SailPoint guys ;o) .: Adam