The NIS Server-Client relationship requires that you set up a client in order to work with the NIS server. This will enable you to login on the client from a user and password located on the database of the NIS server. The client machine will first look in the /etc/passwd file and then check the database on the NIS server.

ZK is an AJAX toolkit designed to make creating user interfaces that run in a Web browser as simple as creating event-driven interfaces for desktop applications. The interfaces created with ZK use an XML markup language to define the user interface and Java code to implement the Web application's functionality.

From full, unmodified interfaces to very limited, locked-down interfaces, UMPC interfaces certainly vary a lot, but what interface is best?

Ruby on Rails Enterprise Application Development is a new book from Packt that helps readers to build a complete Ruby on Rails Business Application from start to finish. Written by Elliott Smith and Rob Nichols, this book concentrates on application development as a whole process and is intended to complement existing Rails tutorials.

Many third parties create rich applications to facilitate database management, database development and database administration. Here are ten outstanding graphical interfaces for MySQL.

Here is a howto about the configuring ip using networking related files in Ubuntu / Debian systems.
The interfaces file contains the details of all configurations...

File: /etc/network/interfaces
This file contains network interface configuration information for the ifup and ifdown commands. This is where you configure how your system is connected to the network.

Of all four OpenOffice.org applications, Base is probably the most complicated one. It is a powerful tool that allows you to build complex databases, but this power comes at a price: if you've never worked with database applications, you might find Base a bit overwhelming.

See what's new with Java and the Google Web Toolkit and build a desktop-like Web application. Google Web Toolkit (GWT) lets you use the Java language to implement rich client user interfaces that run in a browser. This article brings you up to speed on the latest version of GWT and shows you how to build desktop-like Web apps with the GWT and Java code.

OpenOffice Base is a database management system capable of creating its own databases or connecting to a database created by the more powerful MySQL database server. But for the average user, creating a stand alone database is enough power. And OpenOffice Base handles this task easily.