dear sun managers, I am facing a peculiar problem with the root cronttab. I am pasting acopy of this below.#ident "@(#)root 1.19 98/07/06 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.1.3.1*/## The root crontab should be used to perform accounting data collection.## The rtc command is run to adjust ...

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Thanks to:Steve MickelerChristopher CiborowskiRichard ZinarKevin ButerbaughDouglas HaganChristopher DupreEveryone indicated that Multipathing is supported using Gigabit;however, as I suspected it only load balances outbound traffic, notinbound traffic. For load balancing inbound and outbound ...

Sorry for this is an OT.I want to open my e-mail relaying in Sendmail, but before I do, I'd liketo solicit opinions on its advantages and disadvantages.I've read several articles about it but I need more expert opinions fromthe experience sysads like you.Any bad and good experiences and ...

hi! managers<br>can any one pls give me the PDF for Data management exam which includes volume<br>manager and T3.<br>I would appreciate the same.<br>I plan to write the exam<br>thanx in advance<p>M.Saqib<br>

Hello Gurus,I have E250 Machine( Solaris 8 ) with two Autochangers connected ( One L20and one L40 ) having Gigabit Ethernet card ( X1141A) .This Machine is used as Storage Node( term used in Legato Networker) . Lotof people on this list must be using Legato Networker .(I am using Networker ...

Hello, I'm trying to configure SNMP to work in a more secure mode. I want toconfigure it to accept only requests from our management stations and todeny the rest. I have edited the snmpd.conf file to adjust the "managers" option. Butwhen I run the snmp agent from the script file in ...

I have installed Solaris 8 (x86) on my Intel machine as OS server with 5Diskless client. In every diskless client every time i need to use floppy toboot the client because that client doesn't have Harddisk also client takeslot of time to boot . I am using "Intel pro 10/100 Pro Ethernet ...

I need GCC 3.1, and more specifically the new libraries with GCC 3.1, tocompile apache 1.3.26. The problem is that I can't get GCC 3.1 to compilefrom source using GCC 2.95.3 on my Sol 7 box (which is a sparc 20), and thepre-compiled packages on sunfreeware.com are too big even though I still ...

List:Are their Solaris based clients that can communicate with an MS Exchangeinfrastructure with full calendaring and groupware functions (ala OutLook)?Are the mail clients that come with KDE, Gnome and StarOffice able to handlenot only mail but scheduler and calendar functions?Reason I ask is ...

My apologies for summarizing incorrectly. Thanks to Michael Maciolekfor setting me straight."You _can_ 'grow' a ufs filesystem on a system partition - by whichI assume you mean 'root', /usr, /var, /opt, and so on. Even whenit's mounted. Since root and swap are often s0 and s1, ...

Hello there,In order to force 100MB full duplex on the boot clientI added thefollowing script in /var/Solaris8/Solaris_8/Tools/Boot/etc/init.d[jumpstarter:/var/Solaris8/Solaris_8/Tools/Boot/etc/init.d]$ catlink_settingsndd -set /dev/dmfe0 adv_10hdx_cap 0ndd -set /dev/dmfe0 adv_10fdx_cap 0ndd ...

I am re-posting the question below just to make sure that I get themaximum number of responses. I posted it late last Friday, so I'm notsure it received as much exposure as it will today. Thank you to thosethat have responded. I will send out a summary soon.Here's the question: We are ...

Can anyone explain or point me to some articles on DMZ zones and moving nodes from one DMZ to another?<p>Thanks<br>

Folks - We have a Solaris 9 system with SEAM (Sun's version of Kerberos)configured and running as the KDC. We also have a Cisco routerwith MIT Kerberos, and want to authenticate against the Solaris 9KDC server, but keep getting errors on the Sun system such as: Jun 24 07:32:28 ...

I'm trying to get ppp working on Solaris 8.I can get the modem to dial manually but it does not seem to work using ppp.Below is the daemon version that I have installed. PKGINST: SUNWpppdu NAME: Solaris PPP daemon and utilities CATEGORY: system ARCH: sparc VERSION: ...

Would like to disable the "control s" ( stop ) functionality for bothdtterm and xterm. I believe ( I could be wrong though ) Sundocumentation states that ttyModes can be modified in 3 areas:1). /kernel/drv/options.conf2). /usr/dt/config/C/sys.resources3). Local .Xdefaults fileI have ...

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I am having a pretty strange problem with logins. If I login from sshor telnet it seems to be ok. However some users are having issueslogging in via an XDMCP session. It seems this is limited to just somemachines not all of them as a user having a problem on one machine cancome over to my ...

I have an Ultra10 running Solaris 8 with the jumbo patch set from 14June. We're running big brother for system notifications and receivedthis notification in /var/adm/messages a little while ago:Jun 24 12:05:35 enigma nfssrv: [ID 296073 kern.notice] NOTICE: acl_server: badproc number 3I have ...

HiI'm trying to parse through the command-line parameters of one of my scripts.Basically I want to perform an operation on $1 and then the same operation on$2 and $3 and $4, until there are no more parameters.I don't know how I'd increment the <position number> of $<position ...

Thanks to Sanjiv Bhatia for his VERY quick response! (10 minute wait, that'sall)To parse through all the command-line arguments we can use the "shift"command. It will shift positional arguments ($2 become $1).It works with ksh and sh like in the following script> ...

I have an E4500 with 3 CPU/Memory boards, eachpopulated with identical memory SIMMS and CPU modules(each SIMM is 256 MB, each bank= 2GB) CPU are all400Mhz with 8 MB cache.Question:Should I get 6-way interleave memory for thisconfiguration ( 6 memory banks)Here is what I get when I run ...

This should be ane asy one:I have a user who wants to forego logging into his workstation (Sparc 5running Solaris 2.6) and log directly into our server (Ultra Enterprise 4500running Solaris 7). Basically when the Sparc 5 boots he wants a login screenfor the E4500 and not the Sparc 5.Thanks!-- ...

Thanks to many respondents from the list who providedfeedbacks to my question.A couple of people (Jay Lessert and Yura Pismerov)reported that the utility "memconf" (written by TomSchmidt from Micron) worked for them on their E420.Dave Harrington suggested using "psrinfo" ...

Thanks to all who responded. This is a tough one, and ultimatelyunsatisfying, in that we don't really know if we are using the cards or ifSSL has reverted to internal entropy gathering. We're actually going tolook into commercial SSH support. It seems clear that we're not the onlyones who ...

I am trying to sendmail form my Solaris 8 ultra 80.I thought the only thing needed to to this was the mailhost entry in/etc/hosts10.0.0.10 elvis mailhostThis is not working and it just hangs.mail test at test.com < /tmp/testIt just sits there.I am probably doing something wrong. Any ...

I forgot the subject on the first mail sorry.> I am trying to sendmail form my Solaris 8 ultra 80.>> I thought the only thing needed to to this was the mailhost entry in> /etc/hosts>> 10.0.0.10 elvis mailhost>> This is not working and it just hangs.> mail test at ...

Hello All ,I am reading from a file which has 40000 records .Depending upon a certaincondition I will write/echo .The following script serves my purpose but even though I am reading it thrua PIPE it is still slow.Here is the script :#!/bin/kshrm tstp/etc/mknod tstp pcat tst1 > tstp ...

Hello Gurus,I'm running Solstice Backup 6.1 Server on Ultra2 Solaris 8. While trying tobackup a few large files (approximately 15gb each) on Linux RH 7.1 client,I received the following error message:"CLIENTHOST:/data/u3 save: cannot stat /data/u3/user01.dbf: Value too largefor defined ...

Hi, Thanks to:Timon, JohnStuart WhitbyMichael WilkinsonCharles T. Funderburk Sun Trunking 1.2 software is not bundled with any Quad card youpurchase. It is a totally separate product. Thanks to all that answer.Regards,--Tan Tshun Kiat (Mr)Systems Administrator (Unix)Information Technology ...

Hello,I have this problem with my Solaris 8 box. When I firstsetup the partitions, I allocated slice 6 for /usr. However, the entryfor mounting slice 6 to /usr was missing in the /etc/vfstab file andtherefore slice 6 was never mounted to /usr. So /usr has always beenunderthe / filesystem. ...

Hi all,<p>Does anyone know the throughput of the Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR Server Appliance ?<br>I want to find some benchmark results of the Sun Cobalt.<p>Thanks in advance,<br>Tri Dam.<br>

Hello,I am running an E450 with Solaris 2.6.The first time the system ran completely with SDS:c0 as internal SCSI controller.2 additional dual single ended scsi host adapters where installed:c2, c3 (one X6540A )and c4 (2nd X 6540A) for the drive bays.Because of performace reasons I ...

Thanks to: Hong, Mike Pardy, BrianI'll do some testings.thanks again!Here are both answers:1-In older versions of Veritas Cluster Server such as 1.1.1, I believethe default behavior upon encountering certain events is to panic theserver. If, for example, a new server shows up on the ...

Hello,Should there be a special consideration forbuilding a server that's going to be a mail and ftpserver?Is there a need for partitions other than / and/var/mail ? -DJYahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World ...

Hello,Should there be a special consideration forbuilding a server that's going to be a mail and ftpserver?Is there a need for partitions other than / and/var/mail ? -DJYahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World ...

Is there a reliable method that can be used to discover the number and typeof network interfaces that are available on a system and that can be usedfrom a script?I have looked at using 'prtconf' or 'sysdef', but neither of which seemsuitable. 'ndd' might be an option to determine which ...

I have a new E250 with a second Ethernet PCI card. I want to boot from the onboard ethernet port and install the OS. How can I test the and boot from it?<p>Thanks<br>

Hi, Has anyone tried compiling this yet? Ineed the calendar stuff for a project of mine andthere's no binary release for Solaris-intel.Looking for tips and tricks to ease the buildprocess because it sounds like a mother. Willsummarise and/or include my experiences.thanks in ...

Managers, We are preparing to move our E5500 to a collocation facility. Wewould like to remove the 5500 from its Sun rack and place it in thestandard 19-inch racks that are provided at the collocation site (wewill save a lot of money if we go this route rather than placing the5500 intact ...

Yes you can grow a ufs; and it is *not* required to have SDS in order todo this. SDS merely includes a script (growfs) that uses anundocumented flag for mkfs (-G).You can do the following on a Solaris system without SDS:/usr/lib/fs/ufs/mkfs -G -M /current/mount /dev/rdsk/cXtYdZsA newsizeThere ...

All respondents said cpio, tar, and ufsdump. Noone really had much tosay as to which was really better or had the least overhead but I gotthe point.Ultimately we ended up using 'cp -pR' but that's a whole different story(one which I may relay as a question a bit later). But in any case, ...

Greetings, I've got a weird situation here. We've been given this software product (third party) to run on a sun 280. for some bizarre reason, this product needs to have the DISPLAY var set to valid X-Server in order to be started. We are mostly a command line type shop here (telnets and ...

Upon installing Solaris 9, I was quick to find out that there is a bug forrlogin and telnet for users. The system will not let regular users rloginor telnet in, but you can rlogin and telnet as root. The quick fix: From a Solaris 8 server: move a copy of /etc/pam.conf To the Solaris 9 ...

hi,Just got two CDs came from an ultra10 box:1)"Sun Ultra10 10 Software Supplement".On the middle of right side on CD i read:Solaris 2.5.1 HW: 11/97and solaris 2.6 5/982)"Operating Environment Installation CD February2000". a)Now, can i install OS 2.6 on my U5 from the CD ...

Hi everybody.We have a couple of machines running Solaris 8. Wehave ssh 3.1p1 on one macine and ssh 3.2.3. On bothmachines, the problem is that periodically, the sshserver dies, and everybody logged in with ssh getdropped as well. How can I get ssh users to stayloggedin, even though the ...

Though I am disappointed but here is the SUMMARY as promised !! - Veritas did not provide demo/eval on the web site. - Contact your local Veritas reseller for binaries and license key.I wonder why Veritas did that ?!.....Made it that complex to sysadmin tolearn and evaluate their products ! ...

hi,i used the installer CD dated feb 2000 to installsolaris 2.6 off of a CD that probably was NOT a 5/98one (no date on it). I set the/platform/sun4u/kernel/unix to be the default bootpath. I get boot error:ktrld: error during initial loal/linkfast instruction Acces MMU Miss.Does this mean ...

Hi Managers,I have problem in sending mails from a Solaris box. It was woking fine all these days and problem started all of a sudden. Below is the error I get when I try to send mail from Shell Prompt. I type:- trngsvr# mailx -s testmail mr.shiv at sify.comtest mail..EOTtrngsvr# dbm map ...