restrict FTP access

430 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi all,How to restrict FTP access to the particular ID's Homedirectory , Even the user should not see thefiles/directories in the parent directory . The usershould only have full perrmission to his homedirectory..Venkat__________________________________Do you Yahoo!?Get better spam protection ...

Slightly OT - Solstice backup \ Networker - scripting reports

779 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi All,Appologies, checked all the usual sources.Looking to report on starttime \ endtime \ total GB on group run's (groups of clients ) rather than on individual client basis.RTFM'ed the MAN of mminfo and nsradmin - and can only get per clientbasic reports.Has anyone done this ...

Server boots up without login prompt

640 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Good Morning SUN Managers,I have a Sunfire V480 Server with a 3310 Array that has Solaris 8 installed.The server has been working fine until yesterday when I went to use it ourapplications did not work correctly. I spoke to the person who used it lastand he said he just ran a ufsdump which ...

SBU does not recycle tapes

506 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hello every body,Since last week I notice that my Sun Backup (5.5.1), which is just legato, does not recylce tapes automatically and I have to do it manually. In a "mminfo -m" the Expire date of many tapes is set to 2006, that is 2 year regardless of retention policy I have set for ...

[Q] Way to test disks performance?

593 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
We would like test disks performance on our SUN Ultra SPARC servers (Solaris 8). The disks include local disks and SAN disks. Normally we use following commands to do it:mkfile 2g testiostat xtcn 10 <== to check XXMB/secDoes there have better way ot utility can do ...

Sun HDD in linux

284 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi <p>Can any one tell me how to mount the sun disk in<br>linux? <p>Thanks & Regards<br>Giri<p>__________________________________<br>Do you Yahoo!?<br>Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail.<br><A HREF=" http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools"> http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools</A><br>

SUMMARY: How many open files do we currently have

370 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hello! Thanks for all who replied. I got a lot of replies. The answers are to use the following: lsof/usr/bin/pfiles ---> you shld have solaris 8 or 9 installed to have this Infodoc 17236: Determining what files are open and what processes are keeping them open Thanks again,SunsaGet better ...

SUMMARY: How many open files do we currently have (Apology)

722 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
I was told that this topic is already in the mailing list FAQ. I'd like to apologize for the inconvinience that I may have given you."sunsa_tx at yahoo.com" <sunsa_tx at yahoo.com> wrote: Hello! Thanks for all who replied. I got a lot of replies. The answers are to use the ...

Keystroke logging?

4052 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
I would like to put a keystroke logger in to record the activities of localusers. Can someone share a script or point me in the direction of anapplication that I can install on my Sparc Solaris 9 systems?Best regards,Michael D. PetersCISSPSenior Network Security Engineer-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC ...

Mailing List Software...

1276 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
My apologies for being off topic...I need recommendations for a mailing list manager that will handlemultiprocessors...My hardware is a E4500 8x 400 mhz with 8 Gb Ram.Everything I can find is either single processor or Windoze...FYI: This is not for a spam house, but for a Not For Profit, that ...

ENC: SUMMARY: How many open files do we currently have

1675 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
In Solaris 7 they are located at/usr/proc/bin/pfilesyou should look to /usr/proc/bin/ptree tooOsvaldo-----Mensagem original-----De: codeprof-bounces at codeprof.com[mailto:codeprof-bounces at codeprof.com] Em nome desunsa_tx at yahoo.comEnviada em: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:44 AMPara: ...

A1000 firmware problem - need the RS232 pin-out

2018 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Greetings Michael,Pardon the all-users email - I tried subscribing to SunManagers, both toanswer your query and post one of mine, but it kept timing out.I believe the post to which you are referring is this one: http://sunportal.codeprof.com/pipermail/summaries/2003-September/005658.html...I ...

Recommended patches broke ssh

976 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Latest recommended and security patches installed yesterday afternoon.3 servers now cannot be logged into by ssh or sftp. All others are ok.I rebooted one of the 3, assuming that might be the issue. Still broken.I checked versions of ssh and ssl on all servers (mostly 3.4p1 and 0.9.6g). ...

howto upgrade solaris 8 to 9 ?

614 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hello SunManagers,I've got fews E450, and I plan to upgrade Solaris 8 to 9.The system uses Veritas Volume manager and Raid Manager for A1000.Does any anybody have already upgraded Solaris in that condition withminimum downtime ?does Live upgrade work fine ?Thanks in ...

To much messages of ipcl

5582 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi, admins,I have a V480 with Solaris 8 and recently a install Java SDK 1.4.2. but,i think that it's need to install the most recentJ2SE_Solaris_8_Recommended, so i do it.But, when i reboot the system i have many messages on console:Feb 26 10:01:28 fcwis1.femcom.net picld[71]: ERROR ...

SUMMARY: E10000 boot disk booting on a E420 - long & interesting

7116 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi Forumers,This will be an incomplete summary since we have not tried anything inpractice yet, but the steps are pretty outlined.Thanks a bunch for the quick and useful replies fromDerek OlsenMatt UngaroBuddy LumpkinSteve CampAnand Chouthaias well as the fellas who remembered us that someone ...

VNC Server on Solaris 9 failing - no proper distribution available

670 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi forumers,In the beggining of times we configured vnc on our Solaris 8 domains (yes, itis an E10k). It worked fine for months. Then... We migrated to Solaris 9 viaLive Upgrade three months ago.The upgrade to Solaris 9 had much less pain than we expected, thanks to LiveUpgrade. The problem is ...

scsi transport failed

993 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Dear GurusI have faced a problem and I came to you to have a solution.In The company I work for we have two sun E250 machines. Both of them are used as mail servers.we use Stone Beat Server Cluster software for failover. One of the machine is a live one and the other takes over if it fails. we ...

Hi All,I need help on this issue that has been lingering for a long time now.I have Solaris 5.8

1008 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi All,I need help on this issue that has been lingering for a long time now.I have Solaris 5.8 installed on some servers that I manage (V480 and V880). A DLT Tape Drive 8000 is used.Please I need solaris command that could be userd to achieve the following:1. Know the space used on a tape ...

Flash Archives bigger than 2gig with jumpstart

666 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
HiWe've been making images of machines that are now approaching (whencompressed ) 2 gigs in size.I've noticed that jumpstart won't mount the flash archive if it's greaterthan 2 gig in size.I've tried jumpstarting with both a Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 (12/03) OS seeif it made any difference, ...

Problem with QUANTUM VK4550J SUN4.2G8600

4283 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi,I have a problem with some QUANTUM VK4550J SUN4.2G8600 disksI have installed Solaris 8 hw4 on the Ultra 60.The disk probes fine but format fails (See below) any ideas.The disks came from an E3000.The Sun Handbook states that these drives can be used in Ultra ...

SUMMARY: V440 FlashArchive jumpstarting E250

2409 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
All,Than you to those who replied personally (Jeff D, Linh T, Chad J).This turned out to be an NFS issue ... a collegue had changed the entry for the jumpstart NFS shared directory. This was flagged by a long forgotten command, found in my notes for custom solaris CDs, that may be familiar to ...

how can i hidden my host in mail address

859 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Helloi use sendmail 8.12.10i would like to hidden hostname in mail address.i can get messages with full address (ex: xxx at mail.mydomain.com)but i can't get messages with domain name(ex :xxx at mydomain.com) how can i do?i'll wait you ...

/etc/bootparams question

546 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi all,I'm trying to find out the various options that can be used for theboottype=: parameter when setting up /etc/bootparams - I believeboottype=:in is used to install the operating system, but I only want toboot from it. I've found that you can use 'di' 'os' & 'st' but I can't ...

Configuring Java Desktop Font Server for Solaris

1539 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
I have a networked Sun Java Desktop System (SJDS) ws and a Solaris7/CDE ws. I wish to start a local Xserver on each and do a XDMCP request for remote font server, remote dt/GDM login and session to each other (both ways).1) On the SJDS ws the following command is entered: X :1 -fp ...

SUMMARY: Server boots up without login prompt

1647 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Good Morning,There does not seem to be a solution to this other then reinstalling Solarisalthough we would rather not. We continue troubleshooting the issue and Ieven opened a ticket with SUN who at first said that it was impossible toboot up without a login unless there is 3rd party software ...

Sunfire V120 ok prompt commands

380 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi everyone,I have two unformatted disks in a Sunfire V120 that I need to formatbefore I can jumpstart it.Can this be done from the LOM port and the 'ok' prompt? If not, how do I approach the issue?ThanksAndy-- perl -e 'print qq^;@) [###]^^qq^z\.MY{eLQ9^'in:control developer, Telindus, RG27 ...

pfil/ipfilter problem

7570 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Dear AllMachine is Sun Fire V440, 4x1Ghz 8GB memory, Solaris 9 12/03 + recommended patches.I try to install IPFiltr 4.1. I downloaded pfil and ipf source from: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ipfilter/ipf-mentat.htmlcompiled & installed. Then comfigured pfil for ce0 according to ...

Date problem

763 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi guys,Quick one that has got me stumped.If I am logged in as root and I type "date" then I get my date in thisformat: Fri Feb 27 16:30:42 SAST 2004 but if I log in with anotheruser and type "date" then I get this format: Fri Feb 27 14:31:28Africa/Johannesburg 2004How do I ...

SUMMARY: Date problem

1703 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi allI just edited my /etc/TIMEZONE to reflect the TZ I would like for allthe users on the system.Thanks to everybody who replied.RegardsAdrian Phipps90 Durban RoadIT BuildingBellvilleWork 021-949 4642Cell 082 787 7321Fax 021-945 4740 <<Picture (Metafile)>>> -----Original ...

Summary: Sunfire V120 ok prompt commands

1703 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Thanks for the response everyone.I managed to boot into -s and run the format command. It immediatelyrealised I had no label and asked if I would like to fix it.I fixed it and then did a boot net -install.I now get the message ..krtld: load_exec: fail to expand cpu/$CPUAccording to Sun at ...

Sun GE device troubles?

4996 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi,I am running a Solaris 7 106541-16 server on a Ultra-80.I am seeing a very weird issue I am not sure if the trouble is relatedto the switch or my Gibabit Adapter/Software. Basically what is happeningthenetwork team is rebooting switches after they do this the Gigabit adapteris no longer ...

Bricks concept in SAN

167 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi<p>Is there Bricks concept in SAN and how its work.<p>Thanks<p>RajIndiatimes Email now powered by APIC Advantage. Help! <br>HelpClick onthe image to chat with me<br>

Printing to a file

508 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hello List,quick question: i need to redirect a print job to a file with anapplication where i cannot pick that option explicitly. Theapplication apparently allows system-wide configured printers only andsends its jobs there however we need to get the output in a file.One idea is to configure a ...

No password needed to login

331 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi All,I am trying to configure an account to have no password required to login.I have put NP in /etc/shadow where the encrypted password would normallybe, but this doesn't seem to be working. Is there anything else I need todo ?Sorry if this is a little trivial ...... I'm running Solaris ...

No space left on device

616 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
hi there SunmanagersI have come across this many times, and the usual reason is no free blocksleft, or no indes free, but this time its neither. What else should i lookfor?Im in single user modedf -k /usrFilesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on/dev/md/dsk/d32 ...

SUMMARY: No password needed to login

1092 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi all,Thanks to those of you who replied.Special thanks to Gary Chambers who solved the problem -In summary these are the things I tried BEFORE posting, some of which yousuggested, but NONE of them worked for some reason -None of these worked -nothing in the password field in /etc/shadowNP in ...

Root partition disk space requirement for upgrading O/S

549 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
We are running solaris 5.7 and we plan to upgrade them to solaris 8.Based on documentation, it requires root partition to have at leaset800Meg free disk spaces prior to upgrade. The problem we have on allour systems is the root partition only has 700Kbytes free disk spacesleft but we have ...

No space left on device (more info)

1104 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
In addition to the output from df -i and df -k here is the output from fsckfsck /dev/md/rdsk/d32** /dev/md/rdsk/d32** Last Mounted on /newusr** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts** Phase 5 - Check Cyl ...

filesystem corruption with bad super block....

791 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
All,When I try fsck on a filesystem I get the below:# fsck /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s7** /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s7BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONGUSE AN ALTERNATE SUPER-BLOCK TO SUPPLY NEEDED INFORMATION;eg. fsck [-F ufs] -o b=# [special ...]where # is the alternate super block. SEE fsck_ufs(1M).I then ...

how to uninstall the particular patch

522 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
I have just updated my Solarios 8 with the latest recommended patches.Unfortunately the patch 109320-09 LP patch has been causing the printing problem, which the printer server will repeat printing to my HP4000 printers. How can I uninstall patch?Thanks,--Shouben Zhou National Institute of ...

UPDATE: filesystem corruption with bad super block

1740 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Thanks all for the responses so far...most are pointing me to run newfs -NI should have mentioned that I've already done this and it only returned analternate super block of 32 - which I've already tried.....I don't think theres anything else I can do....Thanks again,Barry-----Original ...

summary: how to uninstall the particular patch

969 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Thanks to:Karyn Williams <karyn at calarts.edu>jordan.j.gaston at verizon.com Steve Starer <steve.starer at opco.com>They all tell me to use: patchrm the patch_number--Shouben Zhou National Institute of Aerospace (NIA)144 Research Dr., Hampton, VA 23666Tel: (757) 766-1809, Fax: ...

SUMMARY: [Q] Way to test disks performance?

1360 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Most people suggest use "bonnie++" or "Iozone". You can find it on: http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ http://www.iozone.org/some people suggest use : dd if=/dev/zero of=/XXX/filename count=2000000 bs=512 sar -d 2 20----- Original Message -----From: "bbb bb" ...

Creating an alternate boot disk

1113 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi Gurus,I'm in the process of creating a alternate boot disk on my Sun E450 withSolaris 9, I'd appreciate if you can let me know what is the right procedureto create an alternate boot disk.I've been going through the web and came across two different options.1. Mirror the boot disk using ...

Summary: Dtlogin auto logout issue

1923 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Unfortunately I received no replies to this question. I was holding offsending the summary in the hope that I would.Still a great list though.-Padraig#### Original Mail ###############Hi managers,I currently have CDE running through VNC on a solaris 8 server. Anapplicationwe run requires that ...

Performance tuning E450 restrictions

858 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Hi I am facing a problem in my SUN E450 machine running Solaris 8 OS. The problem is such that the CPU Load for any process is not going beyond 25 %. PID USERNAME SIZE RSS STATE PRI NICE TIME CPU PROCESS/NLWP 14309 seethak 234M 208M cpu2 20 0 5:09.21 ...

SUMMARY: /etc/bootparams question

1474 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
Many thanks to Holger Pfaff for his reply.heres what he sent me:in = default (networked) installst = standalone installjs = java stationdi = entry for a diskless clientos = os server -- install a server for diskless clientsco = console (xterminal) entryCheersBarry-----Original Message-----From: ...

18Gb Cheetah compatibility

1117 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:56:00
(First posted to comp.sys.sun.hardware with no responses...)I have a shelf-full of 18Gb Seagate Cheetahs (some Sun-labeled, somenot) that I want to use to standardize boot disks. I intend to replacemy 9Gb drives, occasional Fujitsu drives, etc. such that if I lose oneof the pair (these will all ...

any free MP3-to-WAV convertor for Solaris ?

124 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 2:57:00
Hi,<p>does anybody know about a freeware MP3-to-WAV file convertor for Solaris ?<p>Curious if any exists ...<p>tia<p>Rob<br>