uname -a reports: SunOS obelix 5.7 Generic_106541-17 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-EngineA couple weeks ago I was getting cache corruption errors. Now my system isoccassionly reporting memory problems.I'm guessing a memory problem was causing the cache corruption.Is there a program ...

I'm running Intel x86 Solaris 2.6 on a Dell PowerEdge 1300. I'm trying tochange my nic card configuration from "autonegotiate" to "100 mbs FullDuplex". I've seen how to do this with the hme interface but how do Idetermine my interface? I thought that it was the output ...

I tried to send this on Monday, but had it rejected due to some "Message hasa suspecious header" problem.Monday's message:Sorry for the tardiness of this summary, but I was out with an illness. Myoriginal question was:> I'm having a problem recovering files from a dump ...

Hi all,I have the following code in a script I am writing:java_jjc_var=`cat $PS_TMP | awk '$3 ~ /pattern_to_be_matched/ {print $2}'`The above works fine when the pattern_to_be_matched is manually typed, but Icannot get it to read a variable from the script, ...

Hey everyone ::I have a question for y'all. We are currently running our mailserver using aUNIX passwd list. Its kinda slow to parse through, and in our new e-mailserver I would like to migrate off of that. I'm looking at using NIS orLDAP, but what would y'all recommend? Is there a different ...

Hello,I am installing an NIS Master. I have left themakefile as is so that the source file are pointing to/etc the exception to this of course would be themodified passwd and shadow file which are sitting in/etc/nis. When I run "ypinit -m" I get the followingoutput:Running /var/yp ...

Lots of replies, in order of receipt:Scott McCoolScott D ThornberryJohn MaguireRussell NieszJeffrey WimmerFrank SmithMark LinDavid EvansG HackettTim GallagherJon LasserDavid FosterJim ColemanEdward Scown Tim EvansJason DixonRichard R. MorganDavid CantrellDave WarcholCeleste StokelyBrian ...

Hi gurusI am runnig Solaris 7 on E250 . Actually my root file system is 100% full ,during installation sombody has allocated very less space . Now i want todecrease minfree space from 10% to 5% with tunefs .But before using tunefs we should unmount the file system , but i think wecan't umount ...

A contractor I am working with pointed me to http://www.altimatech.com/altimatech/products/index.htm as a place to purchase templates for Sun equipment. He also pointed me to http://netc.members.microsoft.com/vnesearch.asp where you can get a "membership" and download shapes as you ...

Thanks to :Edward Scown Karl Vogel Ladislav Kostal Werner Sinz Casper Dik system administChaos Golubitskboss Wolf SchaeferDeb Heller-Evans ---/etc/.cshrc is the proper place on Solaris to place systemvariables that are to be inherited into every user's cshor tcsh ...

Sys: Solaris 7, Sparc E4500, 8gig memory, 4 cpusObjective: Publish doc for intranet use.I don't think I havd apache installed, but every time I boot system, itsays something about http config, sorry cannot recall exact info rightnow.If I don't have it installed, if I do install it, will it ...

Thanks to all so far for the plantifull info.In the process I found that I'm running Sun Webserver for use on theSolaris Managment Console.If I installed apache, will it create a conflict with SMC?TIASolari 7, Sparc E4500-----Original Message-----From: Jim SoutherdSent: Wednesday, December 12, ...

Hi Gurus,In D1000 Disk Storage Arrays,There are four slots open and we want to put newdisks in.Can D1000 Disk Storage Arrays support mix & match of 18Gig and 36Gigdrives.Presently each D1000 has 9x18Gig and mirrored accordingly to anotherD1000 Storage.for the 4 free slots can we have ...

What ara the inconveniences to have a partition in<br>/var/mail<p>Thanks.!!!!<p>_________________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Encuentra el coche de tus sueqos en Yahoo! Autos <A HREF=" http://autos.yahoo.com.mx/default.htm"> http://autos.yahoo.com.mx</A><br>

I'm moving a Web server at the weekend from site A to site B andfrom one network to another. The DNS changes may lag the move(because I don't control it) and I'd quite like to put a machinein site A temporarily, with the server's old IP address, to forwardtraffic to the new address.I've ...

What other commands can I used on Solaris 8 10/01 (x86) to determines howmany cpus are recognized by the OS? prtdiag is not available, module-infois not available (OBP command) prtconf displays everything as drivers notattached, but did displayed the following towards the bottom:objmgr, ...

Thanks to all who responded so quickly, and because of you, I'm up andrunning.My bigest challenge was what I was running or if...Once I figured that out, the rest was a piece of cake!Thanks again!BTW: I was not able to find any info on the web on the Sun Webserver.-----Original ...

Dear ManagersI am about to purchase an ide cd-rw drve (eg Sony crx175e) for a SB100running solaris8.It is not clear to me from the documentation I can find on the web thatthese drives are actually supported by solaris (version8), so I amappealing to you to recount your experiences, positive or ...

Thank you to everyone who have responded to my question.Many suggested i use format instead of prtvtoc to see the partition ofmy current disks.tried it...and it helped...thanks.i am very grateful to those who took the time to explain to me theoutput from prtvtoc.from that i was able to ...

FolksI'd appreciate some help on getting a Solaris 8 box and a W2K server boxtalking ipsec.I can achieve ipsec between two Solaris 8 boxes and like wise betweentwo W2K boxes.The major problem as I see it between the 2 different os's is in theencryption key exchange.Under solaris the ...

Hi,I am a newbie to Solaris and encountered a couplequestions, listed below, after installing Solaris 81/01 on my SunBlade 100. I used the "OperatingEnvironment installtion CD" shipped with the machineand installed the 8_recommened patches.Question 1:Lots of stuff, like vold, tcsh, ...

Thanx to Robert, Roman, Mike, Santha, Tony, and Willief. I had the"dreaded ecache fault". Sun replaced the CPU because the machine is lessthan a year old.Tony Walsh gets the bonus points for explaining what to look for in themessages.Note: Sun came to the same conclusion only a ...

I forgot the SUMMARY in the subject, which is a good excuseto resend and say "thanks" for all the great personal well-wishing messages. Best of luck for everyone on thelist also seeking gainful employ (seems to be a lot of you!)- I'm sure things will pick up early in the New ...

Hi Professionals,Hope getting solution from your experience.How to make the Jumpstart for Solaris 2.5.1 fullyautomated? The only question I was being askedeverytime is about the terminal settings. The questioncome just "System is coming up. Please wait.". Afteryou answered the ...

Hello everybody,I have read the CERT Advisory CA-2001-34 Buffer Overflow in System V DerivedLogin.There is written "A remotely exploitable buffer overflow exists inlogin derivedfrom System V. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain root accessto the server. "I search at ...

Hi AdminsDue to security vulnerabilities in SNMP, we plan to disable SNMP in all ourSun boxes. Does anyone aware of the impact of disabling SNMP on Sun E10K andSSP ? Pl provide inputs ..RegdsSudhakar KUnix Systems SupportThis e-mail and any attachments to it (the "Communication") is ...

Hello everybody,Thank you to everybody that responded, there were too many to list but youknow who you are!!I had numerous replies, a lot of people stated that I should use nawk withthe -v option, which allows you to define the variable before you startusing it. I was also informed that my awk ...

Hi,I asked the following recently:=======================original question=========================Does anyone know if the onboard FC-AL on a Sunblade 1000 willsupport a T3 Fibre Array Raid or do I need to get a PCI FC NetworkAdapter?If I do need to get the adapter then will I be able to use it ...

Hi,Is anyone using a Compaq Storageworks MA8000 to serve disks simultaneouslyto a mixed HP and SUN server base? If yes I'd appreciate any war stories.TIAJoeMetaPackThe Lightwell 12/16 Laystall Street Clerkenwell London EC1R 4PF Tel: +44 (0) 20 7843 6720 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7843 ...

Hello All,We had a system (Solaris 2.6) crash last night on which we have an Oracle database running. We are running Veritas Volume Manager and File System for the Oracle file systems. With the crash vxfs has marked the inodes for several database files as bad per /var/adm /messages.Dec 13 ...

Hi there!!! I have a question, what4s the best way to transportthe files and directories of the users located in aufs /export/home to another called /export/home2, imean considering home directories, passwords,etc....?Thanks!_________________________________________________________Do You ...

Greetings,I have an Ultra Sparc 10 that I want to make a serialconsole server connection to and I recieve output andlogin prompt but it will not let me provide input. Ithought it may have been the cable pin-out but I triedanother "working" cable from another machine samearchitecture ...

Hi all,Here is a simple question but its got me stumped ......I am trying to use tar with an exlcude file. I have the following:/bin/tar -cpvf /dir1/test.tar /dir1/test-exclude -C / In the test-exclude file are all the root folders except for etc and varwhich I am using for this test, however ...

SunManagers, is it possible to clone Solaris partitions to a CD like you cando with Windows NT partitions using Drive Image or Ghost, (for those of youfamiliar with those products)? If so, what is the name of the product usedfor such an operation and where can I get it? Thank You BillBill ...

Hello,Thank you all that shared your experience. I'd like to write backhappy as most of you who solved up their problems. Unfortunatelly I am not that lucky ;) so I am back with my problem.I followed the docs on "Creating an Install Server" on an Enterprise-250this time (see my ...

Hi gurusI have solaris 7 on E250 . I want to take full system backup with ufsdump . Ihave oracle apps installed on this system , is it possible that apps will workagain without installing it again if i restore the total dump .One thing i want to know that do i have to take backup of all my ...

This Sun system is having some problems for some time.. When the m/c was booted first , it showed the CDElogin on the screen . So far so good The trouble starts now . After say one hour ofremaining in that state the monitor goes blank . Thatsacceptable ..i think it goes to powersave . But ...

Hi all:I have more to add, maybe it will help...No keyboard or screen/framebuffer is connected.eeprom is set as output-device=ttya input-device=ttyapmadm -l yields no ttymon/zsmon sitting on ttya as thecommand pmadm -p zsmon -r -s ttya was run to remove it from looking at ttya (there isone on ...

Does anyone know where I can buy memory for an old Sun Enterprise 1000E? They're<br>still officially supported until April 2002, but I can't find any on the Sun<br>store.sun.com page or at Kingston.<p>Thanks!<br>Tom<br>

We have a SunBlade 100 that we've swapped the Sun CDROM drive out of and putin a PlexWriter 24/10/40A. We can write to it and read from it fine usingthe great new 'cdrw' command in Solaris. However, when I went to boot fromthe Sun installation CD--'boot cdrom' from the OK prompt, it ...

Has anyone here been able to boot from a scsi cdrom on an x86 system?I have two IDE controllers contain 4 IDE HDs and one SCSI (Adaptec 2940)with one SCSI cdrom attached and wanting to boot from this cdrom to installthe OS...I keep getting "SCSI boot device not found" even though I ...

Yup...I think I have come to the same conclusion judgingfrom the fact that these steps all work with noproblems on other Ultra Sparc 10's.Thank you everyone for all of your suggestions!- db--- Peter Stokes <peter at ashlyn.co.uk> wrote:> Hi> > Then I suggest you have faulty ...

Hi All,I am facing a problem while doing rsh from an NT4.0 machine to solaris 8machine (E250). NT machine is in NT domain.>From NT machine, I run a script which transfers around 30 files from NTmachine to Solaris8 machine and then chmod those files and rename thosefiles . After 2 or 3 files ...

Thanks to:Mike's List (?)Eduardo SanchezMoskal ChrisAndrew RotramelRick WaegnerCal WootenTroy AbernathyCrucial http://www.crucial.com/Anysystem http://www.anysystem.com/memory.htmlOpenStorage Solutions http://www.openstore.com/products/memory/index.shtml http://www.dmgi.net/DataRam ...

Greetings,Does anyone know why /usr/bin/domainname would return the correctstring as in /etc/defaultdomain but give an error status of 9? Themachine is a SunBlade 100 with Solaris 8 07/01, patched with a recentrecommended cluster with kernel patch 108528-10. Using truss does notseem to ...

Thank you to Steve Camp for responding. After talking with Sun andreceiving the "Preparing the RAID Module as a Boot Device" document, thesystem rebooted successfully. The basic procedure for Solaris 8 andRM6.22.1 is this (there is a slightly different on for earlier releases): 1. ...

Hi All, <p> Is there a way to tell what your current display number is if you are<br>remotely logged into a system with Exceed or a similar application?<p>Thanks!<p>Jon<br>

This is a combination post-mortem and planning for the next time.Suppose you had a Server that had a catastrophic failure due to adisk controller failure or massive virus attack or something else, andyou had to put in a new drive or completely reformat the drive, recoverthe system in it's ...

For every cron job that is completed email goes to the root user account<br>when the job is done.<p>Is there any way that I can disable this email process?<p>Thanks, Paul<br>

Original message:> Does anyone know why /usr/bin/domainname would return the correct> string as in /etc/defaultdomain but give an error status of 9? The> machine is a SunBlade 100 with Solaris 8 07/01, patched with a recent> recommended cluster with kernel patch 108528-10. Using ...