Hi all,apologies for delayed summary.thanks to John White at triceratops.comfor trying to help.real problem was nothing to do with perl ( as such ) or libcthe fault lay in a bit of cack perl application code not handling'unexpected' returns from system calls ( i.e. not expecting 'accept' ...

This topic never ends.Special thanks to Dale Shaw for the below (very detailed) message on thegenericstable. It worked perfectly once I ironed some kinks out (added aGENERICS_DOMAIN()).My last question is in regard to aliasing. All of the sendmail documentionsays explicitly that the left ...

Thanks everyone for the quick responses! BTW, for those who responded with boot -r -- I tried that right off to no avail. The answer was the one I felt all along: The devices could be pulled off the Solaris CD and setup to configure the ultra 1 disk to run on a ultra 1 creator 3d. But I can't ...

Thanks to all who responded to my e-mail. The solution was comment/remove the user root listed in the file /etc/ftpusers.The consensus shared is that any valid user listed within this file won't havepermission to FTP the box.Thanks again____________________Forward ...

First let me say thanks to the following individuals for their very quickresponses to my posting:pmj@fir.ml.com (Paul M. Jefferson)Glenn Satchell - Uniq Professional Services <Glenn.Satchell@Uniq.com.au>********************************************************************************My ...

        * Original Question        * Full Replies (4)        * Solution UsedOriginal Question:        Every time my Sparc Classic ...

        Here's my original posting:> What is everyone doing to enable their mailtool (or whatever UNIX> MUA) users to read documents from a Microsoft, or other, PC mailer> that include attachments? (No, unfortunately getting rid of the> ...

I came across this great page that I wanted to share with people. http://www.nlanr.net/~jkay/meastools.htmlIt's the biggest colletion of links to various network utilities I've everseen. Hoping you, people, will it somewhat ...

The answer is:You have to fsck the raw device (/dev/rdsk), not the block device (/dev/dsk)If the fs > 2gb fsck probably break using /dev/dskThanks to:J. Kell Canty <kcanty@onyx-technologies.com>Arthur Darren Dunham <add@netcom.com>Tim Evans <Tim_Evans@troweprice.com>Erin ...

Hi SysAdmins One of my engineers asked if there was such a thing as a postscript filter that would allow him to pipe a Unix postcript descriptorfile to the printer?The sun OS is 4.1.3_U1 Thanks for the help.--+ ------------------------------------------------- ++ +++ N E C +++ +++ A M E ...

This really isn't a summary, since I haven't actually figured out any goodsolutions.My ordinal question had to do with modifying the screen blank timing inSolaris CDE when logging in through the CDE gui. I should have added thatI am trying to get this working while running a window manager ...

Hello,Here is my original post:> Hi gurus,> > Since we have upgraded to Solaris 2.5 we have intermittent problems > with telnet and rlogin on this specific host (Sparc20). > > The message we have when we rlogin to the upgraded host is:> > rlogind: open /dev/ptmx: No ...

Thanx to:Kevin Colagio, David Evans, Arthur Darren Dunham, and clsensburg@ixl.com.the general consensus was I would be much better served taking the machinedown. some people thought that I *might* get away w/ it but at the leastI/O would fail while the terminator was unplugged and I ran the ...

Original question:   I have 4 4mb chips I want to put in an IPC. Could someone tell mewhere the chips should go?Answer:The 4MB simms go in bank 0 (U0588, U0587, U0586, U0585) which isthe 4 simm slots on the right hand side of the case. You canfill the other 8 slots with 1MB ...

I did not get a lot of feedback on running a 64Kb X.25 interface over the serial ports of an Ultra-10, so I assume there is not a lot of interestin the subject. Nonetheless, I'll share the info I did collect. The Ultra-5/10 ports are rated for 460Kb async, 64Kb sync so the 64K X.25 should ...

Thank you for all that reply my message.I resolved my problem installing SunOS4.1.3.Here it is my original question:>>I use NIS in my network. I have workstations with SunOS and Solaris.>The NIS master is in the SunOS. Yesterday I use C2conv command to become>NIS more secure. I ...

Thanks to the following for your suggestions.Tom SchmidtMatthew StierJeff WoolseyMichael J. Connolly        Well, I feel sorta stupid on this one. Thanks to Matthew Stier forstraightening me out. I decided to be brain dead for the time I was workingwith ...

Sun Managers,Recently, I sent out a request trying to find out how to supply a login banner for ftp, telnet, etc. Most of you responded with using tcp_wrappers to solve this problem. Although a splendid idea, I did not know where to get this set of tools.Thanks to Jamie Lawrence ...

Hello everyone,I have found and solved the problem by calling Sun for support:to make data compression from unix command:# ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0ubnor# vxdump -0uf /dev/rmt/0ubnthat's it and it solved my problem.Thanks! to everyone who responded...-Patattached mail follows:Hello everyone,I ...

> I can't find a http browser for X85 Sol2.X> Any help?>   The answer was overwhelmly Netscape. There was one that said that Mosaichad been ported to X86 Sol2.5, but provided no othere ...

Hello,Here is my original post:> Hi gurus,> > Since we have upgraded to Solaris 2.5 we have intermittent problems > with telnet and rlogin on this specific host (Sparc20). > > The message we have when we rlogin to the upgraded host is:> > rlogind: open /dev/ptmx: No ...

Hi!Here is my summary for the problem I submit earlier this week. will and I did use a combinaison of some of the tips that you give meFirst I got rid of some process in my crontab that were taking a lot of CPU'sand memory and didn't need to be ran as often...I'm also in the process of ...

Following up on my post a few hours back:Many people have pointed out that I can do something likexset s 600 (a ten minute time to screenblank)or xset s off (just turn it off)This does work... why I can't get this to work out of the sys.resourcesfile is beyond me.Thanks in advance to all ...

Original Question:>Hello everyone,>> I have a small BIG problem. I need to know how to control the file modes>for FTP. I run Solaris 2.5.x and it seems that when a file is put by FTP>its comes up with world rw. thats not what I want. Is there a way to set>the umask for FTP? ...

=======Summary:=======The problem was caused by the patch 106300-08. We installed 106300-07version of the patch and the problem went away.Thankswdc-----------------------------------------------Original Post-----------------------------------------------======Question:======Anybody ...

Question :Hello Gurus,I am looking for a Sun Server which can replace one of my other unix box. This new server will have an Oracle Financials System.About 1000 records will be updated every day, on certain days the number of records updated may go upto 2000 and will have about 10-15 active ...

Thanks to all who responded:Jim MussoPeter TeklinskiChris HastingsChad RyttingMatthew StierEverybody seemed to agree that the problem was within the /etc/netmasksfile. I went with some suggestions that I received from the list, but Iwas toldby the vendor that they didnt want any more private ...

Hi managers,Thks for the reply from Trevor Paquette. We are now ignoring the messagesand do housekeeping on the /var/adm/messages.------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------->From tpaquett@aec.ca Thu Apr 10 11:45:16 1997From: "Trevor Paquette" <tpaquett@aec.ca>Date: ...

Hello managers,i'm very sorry for this late summary! (But at least here it is)I've asked:>every now and then and more often these days, i get mails as>"quoted printable" (and i don't like it :(>>Just that i don't need to invent the wheel again:>Is there a ...

Greetings -Thanks to all who responded. Just thought I'd let you know, if anyone isinterested, the outcome of my little saga with the E3000.In the end, Sun replaced the backplane of the E3000 which seems to havefixed the problem.My project however is now 3 weeks behind schedule with only 1.5 ...

I got a great response to my question, appended to this message, withmost providing accurate solutions... though the most appropriate replywas "read the FAQ" (oops).The answers are:1. Use "volcheck" with no arguments to get Solaris to recognize newlyinserted media in a ...

HERE IS THE LIST OF UNIX RELATED MAILING LISTSIF THERE ARE ANY LISTS I DO NOT HAVE ON HERE PLEASE FORWARD THEM TO LINUXMINDCONTROL@AOL.COM AND I WILL UPDATE THE LIST AND REPUBLISH IT.THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT CONTRIBUTED!I HOPE EVERYONE FINDS IT AS USEFUL AS I DO.SPECIAL THANKS TO TODD BOSS, WHO ...

Hi!Thanks, as always, for You quick response. I've received fiveanswers so far. All with the same solution:man queuedefscat /etc/cron.d/queuedefsThanks to:Mike Mehran SalehiPatrick R. DemoraisSomesh NagthanJochen Bern Ray TrzaskaOriginal question:Stephan Grund wrote:> > Hi!> > One ...

I originally asked a question earlier this morning about NIS+ masters andreplica's. What I was asking was if a master went down will a replica takeover. And yes it does.Thanks go to Dale Hsu, Asim Zubari, and Dwight Peters, and the others whowill send answers in before this summary gets ...

Hi!I apologize for the delay in posting.It was not the networker after, but my drive which had gone bad. We arewaiting for a replacement. My original post and responses follow.Thanks to everyone who took the time out to help ...

  Thanks to everyone who offered their help with this problem. Withregard to the format question: Rick von Richter [rickv@mwh.com] offered the most pertinent advice -"You can also do a 'boot cdrom -s' at the OK prompt and it will not gointo the installation process and will ...

Hello all,        Below are the people that helped us thru our latest Solaris problem,and the solutions. Once again, the question was:Running a Sun Ultra Sparc (Ultra-1) with Solaris 2.5.1 and reccommended patchcluster (MINUS patch 103582-15), we have ...

 Hi to all.    Wonderful ! 80 e-mail !      Thank you very much !       http://www.adobe.com      file: acroread_solaris_30.tar.gz in ...

I asked what skills I needed to become a sun manager, and I received a lotof responses. This is a summary of what was sent:Technical Skills================- How Unix works         -- File system layouts - generic, specific to Solaris ...

Hi all,Looks like the only solution for now is to use backthe old libpthread.so.1 before the 103640-32 patch.Seems to work for now. Thanks to those who've replied :-"Martin Carpenter" <martincarpenter@hotmail.com>Saroj Mahapatra <saroj@bear.com>Michael P Campfield ...

I have many sun systems running either 4.1.3_U1 or 4.1.4Everytime a new window is brought up then at the bottomof the screen there is a message like this:Make sure you can write /etc/utmpIt is my understanding that utmp file is NOT suppose to beworld writable.So what is going on?Thanks for your ...

Original Question:  Is it possible to setup a minimum NIS password length >8 characters?Repsondents:  Casper Dik <Casper.Dik@holland.sun.com>  Vern Walls <Vern.Walls@parsons.com>  jonathan.loh ...

Hello admins,        Special thinks to all for answer/comment :Original Question :#############################################################        In Solaris, you install GUN's sofware ...

Well, I've had about 10 replies, only one from anyone who isactually using Amanda. None from anyone who has said that theyhad installed it using the package format from sun freewhere.3 folks said, hey when you find out please tell me. (Which Iwill if I do find out.)5 folks basically telling ...

Managers - quick and accurate responses as always.The problem with the late collisions was the half/full duplex capability of theSunSwift card (or lack of it). I had the 28115 configured for Full duplex which the SunSwift card cannot handle. Reconfiguring the hub to half duplex cleared the ...

  I didn't get as many answers as I had hoped to my questions,particularly question 1: (full original message below signature).Thanks to:   Karl Vogel <vogelke@c17mis.region2.wpafb.af.mil>  James Ford <James.Ford@seebeck.ua.edu>  Chris ...

 > If we upgrade a Sparc 5 to a Sparc 20 by swapping> the motherboard, do we need to re-install Solaris> from scratch or will the Sparc 20 boot from the system> disk installed for the Sparc 5 ? Do we need to take> any special precautions ?Most people say this is ...

Mark@zang.com gave me exactly what I was looking for; a list of packagesneeded (for any install) that would allow you to compile, including all therequisite libraries. Below is the url of the list. http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/packages/solaris/sparc/html/00README.packages.html#NotesAlso thanks to ...

The Sun engineers decided to go ahead and lay it out, even though it is still not supported:Here is the answer from SunSoft Developers:Remove the following packages if they exist:system SUNWdtab CDE DTBUILDERsystem SUNWdtbas CDE application basic runtime environmentsystem ...

Hello admins,        Special thinks to all for answer/comment :Original Question :#############################################################Hi,        I just install Aladdin ghostscript 4.03 by ...