Hi guys:<br>I have a file system that ran out of inodes. I got rid of some files (which i think is the quickest way to clear up some inodes). do you guys know of any other command (or way ) of clearing inodes?<p>George Monappallil<br>Unix Sys. Admin.<br>Newsedge Corp.<br>O: {781}229-3134<br>

Hi all,<br> What is/are the commands in Solaris 8 to scan for any new drives and<br>add them without rebooting?<p>Gus Diaz<br>

Does anybody know how to check INET processes remotely? I'm trying to checkthe status of HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP and MySQL on a server without actually doing a"ps awx" on the machine.I'm trying to run a script on computer A that will check that HTTP, HTTPS,SMTP and MySQL are running on ...

Do not have the Hardware CDs new enough to bootmy ultra5 from. All i have is a solaris 2.6 CD. What should i do to get around the:"enter filename [kernel/unix]" when doing "ok>bootcdrom"?. currently, solaris 2.8 installed but needfreshly installed 2.6.jimYahoo! - ...

I'm trying to upgrade our Apache+SSL implementation sowe don't get zapped by the recent Apache exploit, andI'm getting the following runtime error:$ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpsdctl configtestld.so.1: /usr/local/apache/bin/httpsd: fatal: /usr/local/apache/libexec/libhttpsd.so: bad ELF flags ...

Do SunRay's work with PC monitor's or do they only work with sunmonitor's. So far I have been unable to make an PC monitor work withSunRay. Is that true or am I doing something wrong?Thanks--Wolfgang SchwurackUnix System AdministratorUniversity of Utah/Utah Education NetworkTel: (801) ...

Hi Guys,Whenever I am to start some think, I have waiting time say 5-15 sec. I check with top, o/p islast pid: 8031; load averages: 0.04, 0.08, 0.16 08:50:5097 processes: 95 sleeping, 1 zombie, 1 on cpuCPU states: 93.0% idle, 6.0% user, 1.0% kernel, 0.0% iowait, 0.0% swapMemory: ...

Hi,I've a Ultra 60 box running Solaris 2.6. This systemis our HP Openview management platform. I've beentrying to roll in the SNMP security patch recentlyreleased, 106787-18 for 2.6. The patch fails toinstall with the error code indicating missing packagesfor the patch. All required packages ...

Hey Gurus,If i add(not change) a non-standard map to my NIS server. What will ineed to restart on my clients to propagate the changes ?I dont want to reboot all my clients.I know that NIS initiaization is done in parts.Under /etc/init.d/, i looked at inetinit, rpc, inetsvc. Not sure what ...

I have a StorEdge T3 array that I do not know the password to get into thelocal OS (note: I'm talking about the built-in configuration OS of the raiditself, not the server's OS). I can get access via telnet and via serialconsole, but both of course require the root pass to allow access...Does ...

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Apologies for the very late summary.Many months ago I asked for the above. I got lots of replies, thanks to allof you, but have since been involved with office relocations, redundancies,internal job change and various other projects that took priority of this.Most replies of of the "don't ...

Everytime that I post to this list, it just confirms what everyonealready knows. This list is the best.Thanks to everyone who replied:Robert Reynolds,Darren DunhamJohn TimonRuss PoffenbergerWesley WannemacherFrank SmithMr. Rene OccelliWade StuartKai PoutrainMichael SchulteNathan DietschPatrick ...

Hello there,I created an alias to facilitate booting from an alternate disk:ok> nvalias mirror /pci at 1f,0/ide at d/disk at 0,0:a,rawApart from the fact that the machine (a v100) doesn't boot from theselected disk when I dook> boot mirrorI'm also not able to remove the alias by ...

This worked for me , i used both wincvs as well as smart cvs ,i was struck at auth level.You need to setup the cvs in inetd. The wincvs can communicate to the cvsserver.Thanks to every body.Some thing like this./etc/services :cvspserver 2401/tcp/etc/inetd.conf :cvspserver stream tcp nowait root ...

Hi to all,I want to upgrade the CPU 300MHz to 450MHz. Here's the dis...SUN UltraSPARC 60 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC II 300MHz)OBP 3.32 2001/07/25After I have replaced the CPU 300MHz with 450MHz and set the clock-speed jumper setting with "2+3" for the J3001 according to the manual. Then I ...

all,<p>What is the difference between /usr/ucb (ex: /usr/ucb/ps and /usr/sbin/ps ) <br>commands and /usr/sbin commands?where can i find the differences between <br>these commands<p>thanks<br>Tanya<br>

All,I have sendmail configured on one of the Sun machines. My problem is when I use Netscape Mail Client or Outlook Express I could not receive mails. Is there anything that needs to configured in Sendmail.cf or needs to do something with POP3. Any pointers ?-- Solaris 8 & Sendmail ...

Hi everyoneThanks for all your answers, they were much appreciated. In particular ,replies from the following people were very helpful:Pierre ZimmermanAlex De La SalleJeremy RodriguezRon DinwiddieJohn TimonPatrick O'ReillyMichael SchulteVahid MoghaddasiChangaThere were two things that I had ...

Dear Managers,Thanks for your prompt responses.Broun, BevanSean QuaintDarren DunhamGlass, DavidMr Rene OccelliBertrand_HutinTimon, JohnMaybe i didnt phrase my question too well, but almost everyone suggestedypstop, and ypstart. (This is a new non-standard map that i was tryingmake sure the ...

Hi Sorry for the out of topic.I'm trying to access the Intranet of our CLIENT place.I have safenet vpn client software which is installedon our Private Network. But it is not able to connectthrough our gateway. The gateway is doesn't have anyrules, it just acting as a gateway to forward ...

Hello,Anyone using the /opt/sfw/bin/gupdatedb program on Solaris 9? If I run thecommand: gupdatedb --localpaths=/usr/local it works fine. The command finishes within a few seconds (/usr/local issmall at the moment), and produces a database file in /opt/sfw/var. (Note Ihad to create ...

Managers, I have not spent much time on the documentation but was wondering if Iwill be able to accomplish software RAID 5 with VxFS alone - without VxVM.Should I use Disk Suite to do this?Thanks,Allen | Allen Belk, Systems Administrator III | University of Southern Mississippi | Office of ...

Does anyone know which Sun servers/workstations have a sound devicein by default. Seems like my Ultra60s have audio chips but my T1125(who I thought where Ultra60s in nebs compliant rack casings) donot.Is this something that can be added?I'm looking for a small rack mounted machine with an ...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----Hash: SHA1Okay, I'm not making any headway on this, and it's in no FAQ orknowledgebase that I can find. So ...Trying to log some activity with 'script' - when any user but rootruns it, it fails with "/dev/pts/#: Permission denied" where # is ...

Hi!!, Has anyone face this problem:Solaris 2.6Veritas Cluster 1.1.1VM, VxFS panic[cpu3]/thread=0x3025be80: GAB: Port h halting system due tonetwork failureYahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World ...

I am looking for a way to generate a password (ideally relatively difficultto guess) within a script to run on a Solaris 2.6 machine. Any ideas on howthis could be done?Thanks....Stan PietkiewiczStan.Pietkiewicz at statcan.caInformatics Technology Services Division - Statistics CanadaIt may be ...

HiWe have an E3000 running 2.6, origianlly the internal diskswere on Controller 0; later (long back) we added a SSA toarry to it. The disks in SSA were on controller 1; laterwe decided to replaced the SSA with an A1000; so connectedan A1000; disks on A1000 were on controller 2;we copied the ...

Sun-Managers:Does anybody have a perl script/tool to check formemory configuration (similar to "memconf" perlscript)for the E420R/Ultra 80 server?(Unfortunately the "memconf" script by Tom Schmidtfrom Micron does not work with this server for somereason; as claimed by the ...

Hi AllSorry if this offends anyone, but have been asked by a user if this ispossible!He is using a Sun USB keyboard on his Windows XP system and wants to know if(and how) you can assign the function keys to Windows functions. I do notknow where to start, so any info would be really ...

I can't seem to locate locate for solaris. Any help will be appreciated.ThanksDaveDave LowensteinProgrammer/AnalystInstructional Technology ServicesSan Diego State ...

Thanks for the help everyone. Locate is found in the findutils packageavailable at www.sunfreeware.com.Dave LowensteinProgrammer/AnalystInstructional Technology ServicesSan Diego State ...

Hi everyoneI have Sun Workstaion and here's the description:SUN UltraSPARC 60 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC II 300MHz))OBP 3.32 2001/07/25POST 2.0.3 Speed:- CPU: 296.00MHz UPA: 098.66MHz PCI:BUSA: 66MHz PCI:BUSb 33MHzInsalled this operating system with the latest patches.SunOS ...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----Hash: SHA1Thanks to Dan Astoorian and Casper Dik, who both pointed me to theproblem: /usr/lib/pt_chmod was set 755, on the suspect machine, whileit was 4111 on other (functioning) machines. In fact, it looks likesomeone ran a chmod -R on /usr, or /usr/lib, ...

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 ...