Hi all,I'm having problems with tmpfs. Basically I have more thanenough space but nowhere near enough inodes. I'm trying touse it for a CVS lock and temp directories in chroot jails,since CVS kinda sucks for performance on Solaris withoutit's lock and temp directories being on tmpfs.Is ...

We have 100s of servers to patch with latest Recommended cluster <br>every month. Is there any way do automate download patches from<br>Sunsolve. Thanks.<br>

Many thanks to Mike and Jason!!The problem was fixed in Solaris8!Or if boot nfs client Solaris7 on 32 bit mode...Ciao----- Original Message ----- From: Giuseppe Rigillo To: codeprof at codeprof.com Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:49 PM Subject: Value too large for defined data type Hello ...

Hi,When I used 'nfsstat -s' and 'nfsstat -c' on both the server and the client, I saw there are both Version 2 calls and Version 3 calls, and Version 3 calls are much more than the Version 2 calls. I am using Solaris 2.6.My questions:1) Where do these Version 2 calls come from? and how to ...

I have a question concerning OpenSsh 3.0.2 and 3.1 (p1) on Solaris 7 andSolaris 8 servers. I am able to connect from machine A to machine B,but not from machine B back to A. This occurs on only a handful ofmachines, and I have not detected any pattern as for as OS level orOpenSsh version. On ...

Hey everyone: Got a quick question (newbed I'm sure... :\ )I have a SPARC5 workstation I'm trying to setup and configure, without agraphics card. I can use a console cable and get into Cisco routers, can Ido the same thing with a SPARC? I'm tryin to connect a 9-25 serial cablefrom a serial ...

Greetings:Not really a technical question, but a sysadmin question none the less... :)I am looking for a confirmation of a sneaking suspicion I have. I am tryingto find the end-of-life date for something called the "RAD ScreenplayViewer". However, their Web site seems to now belong ...

Hello all! I have setup jumpstart servers before in the past, using Solaris 2.6 and 7. They usually went pretty painlessly... My problem is when I boot the client from the network, it goes directly to this Web Start interactive install crap. It prompts me to format the root device. It says ...

Hello: I am getting following error message while running admintool fromremote. What does this mean? Am I missing from any configuration? I haveinstalled emacs, vim and all related packages. I am running Solaris 8 onUltra 10 box. bash-2.03$ admintoolWarning: Cannot convert string ...

I asked:> I have a question concerning OpenSsh 3.0.2 and 3.1 (p1) on Solaris 7 and> Solaris 8 servers. I am able to connect from machine A to machine B,> but not from machine B back to A. This occurs on only a handful of> machines, and I have not detected any pattern as for as OS ...

Hello Managers:E4500, 2 GB RAM, Solaris 8, kernel patch 108528-14I've just recently noticed that the server no longerran memory diagnostics at boot up by default(it just initialized the RAM even when I setdiag-switch? to true.Is there an option at boot up to throughly testthe memory? I know it ...

It's almost solutioned, but I've serious doubts about what was going on on my e10k domain. There are two dual controler SSAs (every fs mirrored with VM on the contrary SSA), an A1000, and the boot RSM attached. Yesterday from 22h to 00:45 these messages where continously appearing:May 9 ...

I asked:>I am running Solaris 7 sparc, in 32-bit mode and would like a freewarefirewall.>I looked at BigAdmin and there was a mention of PhoneBoy's firewall, justwondering has anybody used it?>What is the standard for setting up a firewall on Solaris 7? links,directions, and a pointer ...

Under Solaris 2.6, My HP AutoRAID was just fine and achieving FW speeds 7-10MB/s sustained. When I migrated to Solaris 8, all seems to have slowed downsignificantly. My HBA remained the same, Sun UWDIS/S but I've upgraded to VM3.2 and VxFS 3.4. Today, I can see access times to my volumes in ...

Hey everyone:Thanks for the swarm of responses! I love this list :DMy issue was basically what EVERYONE said: null modem adapter. I gotoutput (but no input) with the Cisco 678 console cable I had (itsdifferent from a normal Cisco console cable), so I tried this and itworked:sun-box -> null ...

For security reasons, I'd like to be able to turn off cachefsd services in my<br>/etc/inetd.conf file, but I'm not sure if it is being used. How can I tell if<br>my Intel Solaris 2.8 system is currently using this service?<p>Thanks,<p>John<br>

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Is it safe to remove files from this directory<p>/var/sadm/pkg ?<p>It looks like there are records of every package installed on the box-- does<br>removal cause any problem?<p>Thanks,<p>Tom Kartanowicz<br>

Many thanks to Somesh Nagthan, Hemant, Elizabeth Lee, Steve Wills ,RaminiGabriel and Bryan L. Moore.for quick and informative responses.The short answer is : Don't remove those files unless you want to loosecontrol of system software.Thanks!Replies follow:All the package administration tools ...

> It seems that the spanner LED on the front of the server is the only way> of knowing that you have a faulty PSU or a loss of power to a PSU. > > Thanks to all who replied.> > > > -----Original Message-----> From: Separovic, Jason > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 ...

Thanks to all who replied:Spencer HoffmanDave MitchellJohan HartenbergChris HoogendykKevin ReichhartMichael SchulteMatthew StierDarren DunhamJason HaynesJay LessertDavid FosterAll of whom pointed out the behaviour of mv opposed to cp. Thanks, but that'swhat I had pointed to in the first place! ...

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Hi,I have an Ultra-1 with Solaris-8 that I'm trying to get CPR workingon, which has DiskSuite mirrored disks.In /etc/power.conf I have: statefile /var/.CPRAll the partitions, including /var, are DiskSuite mirrors.The first time I tried to do a suspend, I got this failure, sinceCPR still was ...

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The unfortunately correct answer (from Matthew Stier, and actuallystraight from the tmpfs manpage on Solaris 8, where I'd missed it): Another constraint is that the number of files available in a tmpfs file system is calculated based on the physical memory of the machine ...

Hey guys, Attached is the subject of this email:I notice that these auto-reply - "I'm on vacation" emails get sent to everybody. What happens if more than two people in the list have this. Result would be tit-for-tat auto-reply back and forth between the people involved until the ...

Archive-name: codeprof-before-postingLast Updated: $Id: before.posting,v 1.17 2002/01/10 21:21:23 jdd Exp $NOTE: This message is posted periodically to codeprof on behalf of all members of the Sunmanager's mailing list. Please read it carefully before posting. This document can be retrieved ...

All,i've got a problem when trying to use ms 5.2- Solaris 8 on Ultra 5 sparcIIi at 360 with recommended patches- iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 with latest patchesBoth installation and configuration ran ok, but when using something'swrong.I explain : i configured a client with MS outlook. I can ...

Hi Gurus,I had recently removed Sendmail pkgsSUNWsndmr and SUNWsndmu on Solaris 2.8, now need tohave sendmail enabled on the same with outreinstalling the OS. Is there any way i can installonly the packages?.I have the Solaris 2.8 Latest Media Kit.TIARegsSunny.Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is ...

Hi,I am looking for DVD-ROM drives with an IDE inerface compatiblewith Sun Solaris (for my Ultra 10).Does anybody have experience with such drives or can somebody tell me whereto finddocs about it?Thank you in advanceYours sincerely,Ramiro SantosZIT P 7.41 Unix Server ...

HiCan anyone help me with what packages I need and where they can be found forSol 8 for the original SunPCi card fitted to an Ultra 5?ThanksPeter---------------------------------Peter StokesAshlyn Computer Services LtdTel: +44 (0)1636-627900Fax: +44 (0)1636-627909Mbl: +44 (0)7977-532320Web: ...

Hi AllQuick responses as usual!!Below is the most complete I received (Krister Bergman). Thanks to all thatreplied with much the same info about download location.Peter>> Hi>> Can anyone help me with what packages I need and where they can be foundfor> Sol 8 for the original ...

Hello Folks, I have E250 with 2 cpu's running 2.7 OS. I get a panicsaying,ufs_ifree: freeing free inodeerror messages are coming in different file systems /opt , /export ,/usr...etcThe patches are current level. The configuration is below. SUN E 250 , 2 * 400Mhz, 2 GB RAM, Software ...

Hi all,/etc/default/init============TZ=GMT+1CMASK=022/etc/inet/ntp.conf==============server 131.188.3.220 # /etc/init.d/xntpd stop # /etc/init.d/xntpd startbash-2.03# dateFri May 10 11:58:54 GMT 2002However, the correct time in germany is 14:58:54 . Where do these 3 hours (exactly) difference ...

Hello Fellow Admin,I'd just like to know your experience on this Sunfire V880 model in termsof scalability . We are about to purchase this unit but one of mycolleaque commented (to my Boss) the modular processor/memory is not thatgood based on his experience with his previous company. So I ...

Hi all,thanks to all that responded:"Haywood, Steven" <shaywood at hurricaneseye.com>Douglas Palmer <palmer at nyed.uscourts.gov>Davorin Bengez <dbengez at interactive1.hr>Casper Dik <Casper.Dik at Sun.COM>Hendrik Visage <hvisage at is.co.za> ...

Hi,Under Solaris, is there a command which can display all the current working values of variables in /etc/system such as maxusers=100, etc.?Thanks!Melissa YoungUnix System Administrator_________________________________________________________________Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: ...

Hi all, The right solution was provided by many people. Actually it isan harmless error. The simplest solution was to put fully qualified domain name in/etc/hosts file like101.101.10.10 sun450e02 sun450e01.ad.infy.com( First one should definitely be IP address, second and third fieldscan ...

Hi,Thank you all for the super quick replies.Thanks Andy Cordova's link that makes it clear: http://www.princeton.edu/~unix/Solaris/troubleshoot/kerntune.htmlMany people point to 'sysdef' which I actually tried before my posting but did not get what I want. (#sysdef | grep -i maxusers)Fabrice ...

Dear Sun Gurus,We have been administering many headless sparcs out in the field. We have ttya connected to a terminal server (which is nothing more than a cisco router) so that we can monitor and control these systems from a remote location. We have recently noticed that the newer systems ...

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Hardware: SunFire 280R, Sun PCi card, SunRay AppliancesSoftware: Solaris 5.8 (10/01), SunRay Server 1.3 w/patch 111891-03 SunPCi 2.2.3, Citrix MetaFrame XPs I have a SunFire 280R running SunRay Server Software 1.3. All my SunRayappliancesdisplay Sun logins. I also have a SunPCi card ...

Hi Gurus,<br>Can anybody direct me to a detailed documentation for EMC Symmetrix 3930<br>series.<br>Thanks.<br>Anit Shingal<br>

Customer recently created a non-existing shell for rootroot:x:0:1:Super-User:/:/usr/sbin/bashok i can still log as a regular user into the server but can not su -orsu without getting the no shell errorand i was unable to get sudo setup before he made this mistake.any thoughts on fixing this ...

dear managersI converted my Ultra10 as a OS server. Now when i try to boot my Ultra1 from"boot net" command it doesn't respond . It says "Timeout waiting for ARP/RARPPacket". Should i need to change anything in OS server?can any one tell me what else ...

Hi Everybody!I have a problem with the xdm and dtlogin config on sun solaris 2.7.Iwould like to use dtlogin just for the console and xdm for x terminals.But when I start xdm i cant start dtlogin and whem i first start dtloginthen xdm says some other program uses the socket and it stops. How can ...

Hi,I wonder how to re-install our systems in an emergency case, e.g. allsystem harddisks will crash.We have a backup of the filesystems on tapes, but the partition tabelsof the HDs are not backed up.So when everything would crash, we would exchange the disks, installsolaris and a backup client ...

I still have the problem. Now I know it uses the same udp port but what is<br>the solution to make it work both at the same time. dtlogin for the<br>console and xdm for remote access?<p>Please Please help me!!!!<p>Yours, sincerelly,<br> Peter<br>

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hi team,a) I would like to know difference between solaris ver 6,7,8 & 9b) what are the tools required to install sendmail and how can i understand the configuration info. ( i know the site called www.sendmail.org). but it is too depth to understand. c) what type of security that i can ...