comman desktop problem

627 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hello guru, we have E420 server after logging in to server using common desktop environment it will accept the username and password after 1 or 2 min again it will ask for login and password for my root account . in startover button i can select command line and login to the server. what ...

cannot create /var/adm/utmpx

325 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi All, I'm using one Sun Ultra 10 Server with Sun Solaris 5.8 isinstalled and it has been shutdown due to some power problems and thus it isnot booting and it's throwing error holding INIT:cannot create/var/adm/utmpxCan u guys plz tell me what is the solution for ...

is it possible to install Sun workshop 6 on solaris 9

415 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hello Managers, I want to install Sun Workshop 6(Forte Developer 6) on a sun enterprise 420R with solaris 9 operating system. I checked the relase notes, it seems like this version 6 doesn't support solaris 9. Has anyone successfully installed workshop 6 on Solaris 9? Thanks a lot in advanced, ...

Sparc 8 Sun Gnome 2.0 Problem

2485 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
One of our users has "done something" and now can no longer start Sun'sGnome 2.0 on their Sun Blade running Solaris 8. They login but then just geta black screen for a few seconds and then get returned to the DtLogin screen.They can login fine with CDE though.This is becoming ...

Collisions on 100M full duplex?

1048 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
I'm seeing something from netstat that I don't understand.packets errs packets errs colls packets errs packets errs colls 32136744 0 56716151 0 2490476 68777157 28 92928209 0 2554337152 0 267 0 0 330 0 444 0 1 This is on a ...

SUMMARY: Urgent: Mirror Disk Needs Maintenance

3222 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Please find the original problem at the bottom of this mail. Problem: One of sub mirror disks was under state "Needs Maintenance" Summary:1. metareplace or metareplace -e as suggested by the metastat was useless.2. metadetach-metattach were also failed.3. init s, umount the ...

ftp not working

889 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi gurus, I have an e3500 system. Now root is not able to ftp from anyother system whereas other users are able to do so on to this e3500 system. Ihave checked the /etc/ftpusers file and root entry is hashed. Also i am ableto telnet to this e3500 system using root from other ...

Remove me from ur mailing list

274 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Dear sir/s,<br> <br>Thanks for your valuable helps and tricks for using Sun solaris.<br>I want temporarily remove myself from your mailing list. So<br>Please remove from your mailing list.<br> <br>Regards,<br>Ruban.p<br>SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price.<br>

Remove me from ur mailing list

274 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Dear sir/s,<br> <br>Thanks for your valuable helps and tricks for using Sun solaris.<br>I want temporarily remove myself from your mailing list. So<br>Please remove from your mailing list.<br> <br>Regards,<br>Ruban.p<br>SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price.<br>

SUMMARY: NIC configuration problem with SunFire V480

8563 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi fellow managers,Many thanks to all who responded to my problem, and especially to BobCummings, Nathan Dietsch, Johan Wilkstrvm David B. Harrington, Mike (atsky.net... ...don't know the last name!), Chuck (at yahoo.com, don't no yetthe last name!) and Daniel Buchner.Most of you directed me ...

Which RAID system (S)ATA or SCSI

1156 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hello folks,I am about to purchase a new server with a raid storage system and I would like some advice to see if there are any many problems going for (S)ATA over SCSI.The system is going to be small system 1 server (V240/V250/V440) and 1 RAID box, since money is a problem I am considering a ...

[Summary] ipfilter on production servers

3706 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Well, it's not a statistical survey (there are probably plenty who don't use it, don't know what it is, and didn't respond); but, of those who responded, it was unanimous -- Use it. Steven.Haywood -- telstra shashank -- Oklahoma State paul greidanus -- Univ Alberta CA William D. Hathaway -- ...

Positioning problem with Seagate LTO-1 tape drives

1021 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Dear Sun managers,I'm having two Seagate LTO-1 tape drives connected via SCSI to an E3500.The last couple of months I've started to get a lot of positioning errorsusing these tape drives. The most annyoing part about it is that it locksthe drive and I have to manually unload the cartridge and ...

large ide drives on solaris-8/9 intel

296 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Have searched google and cannot find the max size ide hardrives usable<br>with solaris-8 or solaris-9 intel. Have X-86 machine with 160G drives and<br>need to know if they will work under solaris intel.<p>Will summarize.<p>Ron Clark<br>Sysadm/Web Master<br>Armstrong Atlantic State University<br>

Problem in Sharing one D1000 Storage Box between two Sun Solaris Serve

18468 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi, Sun ManagersI am facing one small problem in attaching the storage tosecond sun server (I want to share or make available this D1000 Storagebetween two Sun servers)Please find the output for device information of ourtwo sun serversPlease consider that main problem our case is ....We haveTwo ...

sun ldap and netstat

662 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
solaris 9 native ldap clients and 5.1 Sun ONE servers.I'm showing enormous number of connections (30000+ ) in TIME_WAIT stateon the clients with remote address being that of ldap server.I replicated this on 2 different sol9 machines that seem to have nousability problems at all. I can always ...

ldap linux server/sun clients

136 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
I need help in setup/configuring a ldap linux<br>server(openldap) with sun client authern.. to it...<p>can anyone help...<p>Jennifer<br>

Help with Swap on a E450

1659 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
All, I have a sun e450 with 4 400mhz and 4gb of Ram with 4 GBof swap on Solaris 8 rev27. For some reason when I logged into theserver to check on why a oracle cold backup was taking so long thesystem had 17 processes swapped out via vmstat. Even after stopping thebackup, shutting down oracle ...

Fw: cfgadm issue - please help!

12437 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
no one responded to me on this, does anyone have any ideas?ive narrowed it down to where whenever i use veritas on the T4 san disks iget scsi errrors, the local disks work 100%.thanks in advance!Ev----------------first thanks for try to help me.can anyone tell me why im getting this error when ...

StorEdge 3310 documentation

358 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
I am looking for some documentation on StorEdge 3310 (especially to find outthe details on hardware RAID.)I checked the sunsolve site: http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_private/Systems/3310/3310.htmlCould not find any good documentation. Where else should I ...

Solaris 9 boot issues

1180 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
All: I am trying to mirror my root filesystem to a second disk on a SunFire V480using Solaris 9. I created the state database replicas (as directed by mymany books). Then I created the RAID 0 volumes and the RAID 1 volume andattached the main submirror to the RAID 1 volume. I made a backup ...

rm6 and Solaris 8

1407 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Everyone, I have an E6500 that I recently added a fourth A1000 to. I dida drvconfig and all that good stuff. For whatever reasons the raid managersoftware did not automatically detect the added array. Does anyone know thecommand to tell the raid manager to detect and use the new ...

live upgrade to solaris 9

787 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
hi alli have problem with live upgrade to solaris 9.currently system use solaris 8 2/02 when i upgrade to solaris 9 withcommand luupgrade i got error that say : 1 package failed upgrade (SUNWcsr)and 93 package failed to install. and i can't activate that BE.currently system E3500 with OBP ...

Forum notify

107 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
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Close ports

773 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Stupid question, but whats the easiest way to close down the following ports on a machine running Solaris 9? -JohanPORT STATE SERVICE111/tcp open rpcbind898/tcp open sun-manageconsole4045/tcp open lockd6112/tcp open dtspc7100/tcp open font-service32774/tcp open sometimes-rpc1132775/tcp open ...

about silent ventilator|cooler

914 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi, I own a SunFire V100 that makes a lot a of noise in my living room (andyes, I know I shouldn't have a V100 in my living room, but I bought it when I was "young" and f00l ;).I was wondering if I could replace the "noisy" fan with any of the"silent" Fan that can ...

Ultra 2 Boot problem

1269 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi Managers!I've upgraded an Ultra 2 OBP to OpenBoot 3.11 using the script that comes withSolaris 8 2/02, I changed the J2003 to non-write protected, and the script ranperfectly.But then when I've rebooted the server it hangs at the "ok".I've found that if I type very quickly I'm ...

Sun Managers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

114494 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Archive-name: codeprof-faqSun-Managers' Frequently Asked Questions$Id: faq,v 4.43 2004/03/18 18:31:31 jdd Exp $This is collection of common questions posted to the codeprof mailinglist twice a month. It is intended to benefit Sun System Managers andreduce traffic to the list by providing quick ...

Notification

109 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
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How to find the man or info for a libraries in solaris.

312 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi,How to find the man or info for a libraries in solaris.Ex: For the library "/usr/lib/libGL.so" how to find the info of this,such as for that this library used ? like that...Thanks-Dilip.M-- The message in this mail are under GNU General Public License ...

CPU panic

1705 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
I have an Ultra10 machine (440Mhz, 256MB RAM, with Soalris 2.6), today inth morningi received the following message during normal system operation. this is themessage i have received, any help from someone?? Please.panic[cpu0]/thread=0x60607ba0: CPU0 Ecache SRAM Data Parity Error:AFSR: ...

Enterprise E250

545 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
G'day,I have a E250 with SunOS 5.8 installed and recently it has been consistentlyhanging after a certain period of uptime. Following is the errormessage I get before it hangs.WARNING: [AFT1] EDP event on CPU0 Instruction access at TL=0, errID 0x00001fc5On another E250 with the same ...

3510FC: LUN does not show up on host

1384 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi all,The problem I have is as follows: a V880 connected, 2 Silkworm 3800,3510FC with 2 controllers in redundant mode. Solaris 9 installed. Theproblem is that configured and mapped LUNs do not show up in format.3510 FC have been configured with on Raid5 LUN, controllers are configured in ...

What is Solaris 8 Kernel Rev 117350-01

183 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
All, after the latest Solaris 8 Patch Upgrade the kernel states<br>117350-01, I cannot find any info on this kernel rev and the system was<br>upgraded from Kernel Rev 15.<p>Roland<br>

Solaris 6.6, gzip and largefiles

514 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi AllI have a little conundrum which I hope someone can throw some light on.I have two Sol 6 systems (different versions of 6 which I am guessing isrelated to the problem).One is U60/450Mhz and the other a U10/333Mhz.All partitions are largefile mounted and I can create >2Gb files on ...

Multiple Exclusions with flar with patch 109318-34

731 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Trying to create some flar's with Solaris 8. I have a need to exclude about30 directories. I found a note on Sunsolve about a fix with 109318-34 for excluding multipledirectories with -x... For some reason that isn't working for me. It still continues to includethem. Any suggestions? Jeremy ...

Solaris 2.6 waiting issues

378 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
1. I have a solaris laptop that waits for a CDROM that was ejected early andit just sits there waiting for /vol to read the cd. How do I turn the waittime down?2. How do I turn the timeout down for a network mounted directory that is attimes not present during startup?Thanks to you all.Solaris ...

ftp not working (thanks to WILLIAM & DALE)

1258 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
THANKS A LOT to WILLIAM and DALE...You were right , the /etc/shells file did not have an entry of the root shell.Once that was entered the ftp worked.Once again thanks a lot.RegardsSS-----Original Message-----From: Sudesh Shetty (WI01 - Services)Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 6:25 PMTo: ...

gcc error: previous implicit declaration of 'ioctl'

2013 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Greeting Gurus:Background:Recently my beloved Solaris 9 Ultra 10 server bit the dust. :(I re-installed the OS from the May 2002 CDs then used some SunFreewarepackages to bring my server back up to speed.When I noticed that some programs (ie: nmap) was relying on the'missing' stdlibc++ ...

Live Upgrade versus Boot Mirrors

933 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hello Managers.I've been dragging my heals on Live Upgrade for a long long time and I now feel its usable in a production environment. However, many Sun systems only have 2 disks provisioned for root disks. Currently I'm using 2 disks per system mirrored via VxVM or SVM. Because I've ...

Ultra AXi mobo

700 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
I have a ultra axi system which im not getting any output from. upon powering up the keyboard lights flash once & the usual beep is heard,there is no progress after that, the system doesnt start the diag process & nothing is outputed to the display or serial console.I think the mobo is ...

Solaris 8 Portuguese character set support.

643 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi Gurus,I have Sun Solaris 8 (US English). I want to have support for other languagesas well such as Portuguese character set.Say I need to create a folder with Portuguese character set name "gcq " itdoesn't work.My .profile is set toNLS_NCHAR=UTF8NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8I ...

I used fsirand on the root filesystem.... :(

1486 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi all,I was using fsirand on a Solaris 9 server. Its man page said that if youused this on the root filesystem then you should reboot immediatlyafterwards, so I brought the system to single user mode and ran this:[root at gate]root$ fsirand /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0[root at gate]root$ reboot -- ...

Jumpstart & Partition Table

1571 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hello,Using Jumpstart, how can I configure it so that whenit partitions the drive, have it specifically usecylinder0 for the / partition? Heres' what my profile currently looks like:install_type initial_installsystem_type standalonepartitioning explicitfilesys rootdisk.s0 ...

wiping a disk

1097 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
I need to wipe the data off several disks prior to them being removed.I have not found a tool that I like and I am wondering what solutionsother people are using.I am currently using wipe 2.2.0 from SourceForge. It works, but it requiresyou to have a ufs installed on the disk and then it wipes ...

question on put netcool in jumpstart

673 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi all,I was told by my boss to put netcool in to our current jumpstartconfiguration.so I went ahead and I did some search on google, and it seems like I can1.) create my own sun package of it and add a line in profile like: package NameOfMyPackage addOr2.) I can put a install script in to the ...

how to put back volcheck

1041 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:23:00
Hi,Our Sun Raptor firewalls have to run a hardened Solaris 7 - as a result,some tools like volcheck is not there & even vold is not automaticallystarted in the Solaris 7 startup scripts anymore.Appreciate if someone can tell me (step by step instructions) on how toput back volcheck & ...

openssh on E250

510 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:24:00
G'day All,I have a sun server (E250) with openssh-3.7.1p2 installed. The machine restarts automatically when Issh into the machine (after a long period of idle time). I have alsoconfigured telnet and ftp on the machine but they seems to work fine.My gutt feeling is that prngd is what causing ...

patching question

1842 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:24:00
Hi -I am looking for advice as to the safest way to fixa partially installed patch (109134-29). For details see the patch log below.(The reason this patch failed to install completely is thatwe had /var/sadm as a link and this was removed during themiddle of this patch installation.)I think ...

CDE logout problem

2485 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:24:00
Dear managers,Connected to a remote host (hence using an Ultra 1 running Solaris 9 as an xserver), I'm having a problem using with logging out from CDE:- When I first click the Exit button to logout + confirming it, nothinghappens. Windows I open at this stage will have a different ...