Hi managers<p>Does anyone out there know what port number slogin uses?<p>Peter G. Sanders<br>Senior Systems Administrator<br>OAO Corp<p>(919) 541-1438<p>System administration is like keeping the trains on time; <br>no one notices except when they're late<p>

After changing the default login shell of a userid to /usr/local/bin/tcsh,FTP fails to login the userid, using a correct password, with:530 Login incorrect.Login failed.Setting the default login shell back to a standard shell (sh, csh, ksh) fixesthis problem, but it's not the desired ...

Add the /usr/local/bin/tcsh shell to the /etc/shells file.There is a special file called /etc/shells to address this problem. FTPby default tries to be more secure by only allowing known shells to ftpin. If /etc/shells doesn't exist, the system defaults to only allowing thestandard, local ...

I have a machine that is an iPlanet portal gateway. This is the onlyserver process on the machine. It is a dual processor 220R with 2 GB ofRAM. With ~120 users logged in to the portal, the load average on thegateway varies between 150 and 400. Yes, 150 and 400. I thought thatload average ...

Dear codeprof: I have a Sun450 with Solaris 2.6 and I d'like to know how to measure the performance of my network. I used the command snoop -d hme0 -v -c10 but i do not understand what's it meaning of the result. I really appreciate if you could send me some tips to understand the ...

Howdy folks,I am unable to get tftp working on our jumpstartserver which is running Solaris8 6/00. Here are thethings I have checked/done:- the tftp line in /etc/inetd.conf is not commentedout. I also checked to make sure that there are nohidden characters and no initial space before tftpentry. ...

We upgrade our SUn SParc server from Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 8(04/01). After upgrade I have some questions need be help: 1. "df -k" outpur have two "swap" entries. does anyone know what is"/var/run"? Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted ...

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understandthis format, some or all of this message may not be legible.------_=_NextPart_001_01C1040A.EB210B80Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Hello Folks, I am trying to setup a tunnel between a solaris 8 on ...

Dear Sun-Managers I am having an NIS problem. I'm running Solaris 2.5.1 and cannotmake a password change. Everytime I attempt to do so Iget the error "couldn't create client". I am doing this on the NIS master.I have run pwck against the passwd file in /etc/yp with no ...

hello,Can we play a sound file as well as record the same file at the sametime.What are the minimum requirements for this.I am using a sound-recorderplugg-in , but it fails to record files if they are being played at the sametime(I am playing it through the KDE player and in a different ...

The link for memstat is available on this page: http://www.sun.com/sun-on-net/performance/priority_paging.htmlThanks to Jon Bidinger [jon at badplace.net] for pointing this out, I have read this article but forgot it had the link.Anyway, the article seems to indicate that memtool requires extra ...

I'm trying to find a book which can help get me up to speed rather quickly with Solaris. I am a Linux system administrator. Most Solaris books I've seen so far are geared towards someone with no Unix experience at all or else tend to be command references. I would simply like something ...

Hello,This is probably very simple, but I have never seen or noticed this before.Can someone explain why showrev says:beowulf:72:/opt> showrevHostname: beowulfHostid: xxxxxxxxRelease: 5.5.1Kernel architecture: sun4mApplication architecture: sparcHardware provider: ...

Hi AllI am using Solaris 2.8 on Sun E450 machine.When check the time zone (echo $TZ) it says GMT+5 Exact time zone for us is GMT +05:30 "How will I change my time zone to GMT+5:30 Any help / info is highly appreciated Thanks in advance & Best RegardsShankarGet 250 color business ...

Hi peopleIts amazing!By the way, We need to upgrade from Solaris 2.5.1 to Solaris 2.6. This server runs a specific application and we cant go to Solaris 7 or 8.So, I would like to know if someone had done this before, andexperiences about upgrade or re-installation would bevery ...

I received 2 replies for this which both are indeed helpful:a. Setting the time_wait interval to a shorter period (in this sample,60 secs): ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_time_wait_interval 60000b. Increasing the number of ports in the /etc/system file if you'reusing Solaris 7. set ...

hi friends,We have a Sun Sparc450 with solaris 2.5.1 working on a net tcp/ip with ot=hersolaris machines and PCs .The connection with exceed don't work correctly but the configuration ofxdm semm right.Exceed work correcly with another machine solaris 2.3 therefore the probl=emlive in the ...

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understandthis format, some or all of this message may not be legible.------_=_NextPart_001_01C1046C.1DDBAEC0Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"All,I'm trying to get to grips with Disksuite using metatool.As I ...

Hello managersBit of an urgent problem, hope you can help.An E420R keeps panicing. It will only stay up for a few minutes in singleuser mode, seems like less in multi user mode.Im suspecting either fs corruption on / or /var or faulty disks for thesepartitions. The system uses disksuite and has ...

Hi Admin,I got lots of reply all were shooting at right place. I've stopped S*networker Script and all went well.Thanks for all who reply'd to me.Cheers,Shiva.-- Orginal Question------------------Hi Admins,I get following mesg on my console. Could you please let me know how to disable the ...

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understandthis format, some or all of this message may not be legible.------_=_NextPart_001_01C1047C.4E40A600Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"Can anyone advice where I can get Solstice Adminsuite (SUNWadm) ...

Hello managers,I've a very simple question, is Sun StorEdge D1000 a Hot-swappable disk disk array?if yes, then how can I replace a disk while the system online?Note:the system configuration is:E4500Solaris 7two D1000 Disk Arrays -- configured as ...

Hi allI'm running a SUN Enterprise 220R with Solaris 8:$ uname -aSunOS hostname 5.8 Generic_108528-08 sun4u sparc$I have some troubles with my syslog-daemon. It does not loganything.Here's an example log entry from an other machine:| Jul 1 15:14:21 otherhost postfix/master[562]: [ID 197553| ...

Dear Managers, We are purchesed VVM Software for Solaris8.And we need to configure it. From where should i get the sufficient documentation for Installation & RAID implementation.Waiting for your inputs.Thanks & ...

Hi All,I Have a NetApp Filer 740 Series, I want to export to a specificnetgroups in NIS domain running on Solaris 7.Can I give the permissions in /etc/exports like below,share -F nfs -o ro=mygrp:mygrp1 -d "home dirs" /vol/vol0/I think it give everyone read/write by default , how ...

Hello managers,obviously the sun's too hot here today (for me at least :)I've tried to write to a tape and got the error: permission deniedWhat was wrong?Directly before that i've written an "ufsdump" to another tape;that worked fine. This new try comes over the net via ...

When ftping to a sun box, from another unix box ftp works fine. But from awindows client it fails with error, output as follows:ftp serverConnected to serverConnection closed by remote hostHave setup logging to syslog, output is as follows:Jul 4 16:34:24 bart ftpd[24414]: FTPD: connection from ...

Hi admins , I hope you can help me with this problem :I am trying to configure a 100mb ethernet card on a sparc20 station(interface : hme1) running solaris 2.5.1 .(the boot disk , and only disk is an external 18.2 gb Ultrascsi 3 disk) the prom has identified the card and showing that there is a ...

Hi -I am on a Solaris 2.6 E250, and I am unable to getcontrol-c to work. This is causing problems withthe developers here. stty -a has intr set to ^C, andI have done the following to make sure it is setright:stty intr <cntrl-v><cntrl-c>And still, if I do "cat -v", ...

Subject sez it all.Can I cut a bootable tape for a E420 under Solaris 8?If yes, then how?Chris GregorsDistributed ServicesInformation ServicesTELUS Enterprise Solutionsemail: Chris.Gregors at telus.com <mailto:Chris.Gregors at telus.com> phone: 780-493-2450, Fax: Fax (780) 424-790910th ...

Machine will be going down in about an hour; it should be back up withinfour or so. Gotta reinstall Solaris, restore stuff to the new drives,and then rebuild most of /usr/local.Wish me luck. 8-)Bill-- Bill Bradfordmrbill at mrbill.netAustin, ...

Admins,Sorry to not be entirely on topic, but....I'm knocking up a webserver, and until I can knock some sense into peopleand get them to write their documentation in HTML instead of word, peopleare just going to transfer their stuff over carte-blanche without convertingit. I need to be able ...

Hello, I had problem while setting up Jumpstart forupgrading solaris. I am trying to upgrade Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 8 usingJumpstart Server. I want to resize the partation during the process ofJumpstart & I had enough empty space on root disk todo that. My current config : c0t0d0s0 / ...

Admins,I am getting this identical error when I try to compile a couple of pacjages(catdoc, and Gnu yase). I just did a complete fresh install Solaris 8, GCC2.95 and Make 3.79 today, no other changes other than putting usr/local/binin the path, and it doesn't seem to like it:checking for ...

The upgrade has been postponed to this weekend, most likely, as I<br>had a wreck on the way down to the colo center and now have no<br>form of transportation. I'm okay, though.<p>bill<p>-- <br>Bill Bradford<br><A HREF="/execute/ask/?codeinfoid=4981">mrbill at mrbill.net</A><br>Austin, TX<br>

Can someone please help me here?I have an Ultra10 I am trying to jumpstart with Solaris 8.I have done a few X1's and 1405's with the same Jumpstart and it works fine. On this ultra10 though, I am getting an error that is stopping the process:> Using sysid configuration file ...

HI All, I installed lsof 4.56 on Solaris 8 ,64-bit arch. I am getting the belowerror when i run lsof lsof: FATAL: lsof was compiled for a 32 bit kernel, but this machine has booted a 64 bit kernel.isainfo -v 64-bit sparcv9 applications32-bit sparc applicationsTo compile this I used ...

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C10544.C90D6DA0Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitHello all,I've setup a print server running on Solaris 8 and one thing I've noticed isthat when an AIX 4.2 client ...

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C10545.46FF3FE0Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitHello all,I've setup a print server running on Solaris 8 and one thing I've noticed isthat when an AIX 4.2 client ...

Hi,I'm using Sun server E250, Solaris 2.6.My problem are I,m already installed Netscape Messaging 4.1 all the services for HTTP,IMAP,SMTP,POP already ON but I can't recieved email iether from internal or outside. But the this server can email outside.There are nothing error message from my ...

Hi Admins.. Again,This may be OFF topic but I was referring some doc's I did not get what I was looking. I have iPlanet installed in my E450 box running Solaris 8. 10 Web Servers are running fine, now my clients needs to secure them by "https"Can any one tell me how to go about ...

Hi, I have an old sparcstation 5 with rom rev. 2.15. I want to boot from theCDROM to install a Linux OS. The machine sees my SCSI CDROM and HDs (viaPROBE-SCSI) but when I issue the command BOOT CDROM, it says can't open bootdevice. Additionally, when the sparcstation tries to boot on its ...

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understandthis format, some or all of this message may not be legible.------_=_NextPart_001_01C10517.0859BCD0Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Hi All I have Solaris 2.6 running over Ultra-10 machine. I ...

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understandthis format, some or all of this message may not be legible.------_=_NextPart_001_01C1051A.6B64A0D0Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Hi All I have Solaris 2.6 running over Ultra-10 machine. I ...

Hi guys,My E250 screwed up last night. Messages on the console were as follows :-18:21:55 florence unix: elfexec error doing commonJul 4 18:21:56 florence unix: /kernel/exec/elfexec: undefined symbolpr_getsegsizeJul 4 21:58:37 florence inetd[7869]: execv /usr/sbin/tcpd: Exec format errorAnd ...

Original Question----------------->18:21:55 florence unix: elfexec error doing common>Jul 4 18:21:56 florence unix: /kernel/exec/elfexec: undefined symbolpr_getsegsize>>Jul 4 21:58:37 florence inetd[7869]: execv /usr/sbin/tcpd: Exec format error>>And pretty much ...

hai I have also loaded the Recommended patches in sunsolve CD, But still the same problem, The version of X.25 i am using is 9.1 (solstice server connect 9.1) whatversion r u using... regds> -----Original Message-----> From: Vinay_Thakral at singaporeair.com.sg> [SMTP:Vinay_Thakral at ...

I try to install our new server (named 'bravo') using jumpstart(set on server named 'gamon'). When I run 'boot net - install'on bravo, I get following:Rx CRC Errors Counter ExpiredRx CRC Errors Counter ExpiredRx CRC Errors Counter ExpiredRx CRC Errors Counter ExpiredRx CRC Errors Counter ...

Original Query:> I have an old satellite laptop with solaris 2.6 installed. It has a> 100baseT netgear card but doesn't seem to pick it up for configuring> under boot -r, dmeg, ifconfig -a. I suspect the kernel may have to be> recompiled with a new driver. Anyone have any ...

Now that I've got the Solaris 8 04/01 server patched for Netra X1's(always use Sun's cpio and tar -- GNU's doesn't like the software archivesthat come out of Sun's shops), I've got another issue.The system boots from the jumpstart server, but instead of jumpstarting,it starts asking me ...