My original question:> Anyone have experience with an 8mm tape duplication device? We're > finding that Solstice Backup's cloning feature is a bit lacking...Thanks to:> matt@andataco.com> misawa@physics.Berkeley.EDU> kwthomas@wizard.nssl.uoknor.edu> ...

I had mentioned a script from Matt Reynolds that would handle 11x17printing on various printers but I did not include it in my initialsummary. Here it is.#!/bin/sh#this script processes the laserprinter option (-l) and cats multiplefiles#to lp .file=$$if [ -z "$1" ] ...

Turns out my problem really *was* with permissions. Go fig. :-)/export/home/blalor was not group writable, but /export was. 'chmod g-w/export' fixed things right up.This problem cropped up because the version of sendmail that ships withSolaris 7 has a bunch of added security features (under ...

Original question/message was:>Problem. The system will not come up. Apparently it's looking to >boot from le()vmunix which (I think) is the ethernet card. How can I get>it to boot from the new drive? probe-scsi shows the Seagate drive at>target 0, logical unit 0. Prom version ...

This seccond post is per David S. Foster (foster@bial1.ucsd.edu) request that suggested:1. more descriptive Subject: would be helpful2. repost this and include your original problem, so that when this gets    archived, it can help out someone else.He's right, you know ...

Hi..I changed /etc/system file.at below,there are new value of variables in /etc/system file.then reboot.new value:< set semsys:seminfo_semmni=140< set semsys:seminfo_semmns=400< t semsys:seminfo_semmsl=100< set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=25---old value:> set ...

Original query:>A shortage of space on the root partition alerted me>to the fact that I had a /var/log/syslog file of nearly>7 Mb! It is no longer growing, however I am unsure of the>best way to mv/rm it, and start over with a fresh file.>I have this feeling that something is ...

Sun Managers,Thanks to all who responded and offered their excellent advice. When wefirst attempted to access the SS20 servers everything looked very grim.But after reading Sun-Managers mailing list archives and reading throughthe awesome responses we received, we where able to gain access to ...

My original post was:What is the proper procedure for replacing a failed disk in a Raid 5configuration on a Sparc Storage Array. My volumes consist of 11 subdisks plus a log disk and I am using the Veritas volume managementsoftware.I want to simulate a failure in order to test my recovery ...

  The answer is:  Make sure that the kernel on the machine where top is compiled is thesame as the target. It is not NECESSARY to compile top on each machine youwant to run it on, but it is the safest.  sun4m -> sun4m (SunOS 4.1.X)  sun4c -> sun4c ...

My initial question is included below.The solution was to set the printer content type to 'postscript' ratherthan 'any' or 'postscript,simple'.I was under the impression that content type was the type of data that thelp system would accept for the printer, not the type that the ...

Here is a summary of my original question:>this morning I noticed that my server was in boot prom mode, after>my VT100 console had stopped working, just as if I had sent a BREAK.>Is there some way to configure the serial connection to>prevent this ?And here are the replies I ...

Sorry it is very late summary, but I think it may helpful. I have received a lot of e-mails, I can not list all named, thank for all you have replied my e-mail. A lof of people suggested to use qpopper 2.5.3 which I was really going to try.And some one suggested to use 'qmail' and 'vchkpw' ...

As requested by a fellow on this list, here is Steve's replyin it's entirety.- Alan#####AlanJust a small point, if you are securing systems over a slow network,then the DLT 7000 may be un-suitable as it attempts to speed up writesby writing zeros whenever its throughput drops below a ...

Original question:-> I'm running Jetadmin (SUNd450.tar) on 4.1.3_U1 on a 4/330, an old> customer machine, in order to access a networked printer.> I wanted to disable the burst page so added :sh: to the printcap> entry. The burst header page is no longer printed but now the ...

the general concensus is that you have to have a sun softwaresupport contract in place to file a bug report with sun. that seems a little ass backwords to me: i get the priviledge of paying sun to inform them of problems with their software.not a major problem, since i have a po in the works ...

Hmmm, a reboot shows that the process DOES INDEED fire up and stay up ona reboot. But the shell initiated script (same one), still dies afterclosing the window. Oh well, probably a feature.-- The sticker on the side of the box said "Supported Platforms: Windows95, Windows NT 4.0, or ...

Thanks to all the people who responded. Unfortunately there was noanswer I could use.My original question was:> Sun 690MP - SunOS 4.1.3_U1.> I'm having trouble unmounting the cdrom. The cdrom is on device> /dev/sr0, and I have a softlink /dev/cdrom pointing to it.>> menger# ls ...

Hi Folks, Thanks for the prompt responses to: 1. Karl Vogel (vogelke@ss118.region2.wpafb.af.mil) 2. john.bradley@sr5.chinalake.navy.mil Karl suggested installing "lsof". Tried that but could not find an option which will give me the list of files getting written to. John's ...

Thank to all who response. After I do more investigation, and get details from process id, it turn out that it was not regular tftpd service that cause defunct processors. The parent process id point to a tftpserver from application that was installed in the system. My original question was:I ...

Hello,To all those who replied.Thanks very much again for the speedy replies, much appreciated.The two main suggestions for sites to check for Mac connection to unix boxes are:netatalk - http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/,Dave - www.thursby.com and CAPThanks ...

Another round of search on SunSolve found the answer in a SunTechnical Bulletin title 'Sun Performance Tuning Overview',doc # 1130, pages 48 & 49. Here's how to bump up the maximumnumber of open file descriptors per process from 64 to 128:# adb -k -w /kernel/unix /dev/memphysmem ...

Sun Managers,   Apparently, I've committed a faux pas of the highest order, i.e., Iunknowinglysent spurious information to the list in my summary. After receivingseveralexcoriations via email, I felt it necessary to re-send the summary, thistimewith the correct information. ...

Someone asked me to include the original question so I figured others might beinteresdted too.Original Summary:> Seems like the NVRAM content was scrambled some how.> > Doing a "set-defaults" at the OK> prompt restored the content. All I had to do> after is reset the ...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----To sum up, the original problem was that I have a machine that cannotget display permission with `DISPLAY=:0.0' but instead needs to have`DISPLAY=machine:0.0'. Turns out that this is a bug introduced by astupid patch. The culprit is patch 103566-27.My fix ...

My original message:> Hello,> > We have a Sparc20 running Solaris 2.4, but when users try to ftp to it they> get:> > 530 User xxx access denied.> Login failed.> > Any ideas?> The solution is the users' login shells MUST exist in /etc/shells; mostof the users here ...

Thanks to all for a speedy response.The consensus is that the software and serial cable usually comes with the UPS. And will gracefully (if done right) shut down a sparc.Special thanks to following for providing cool linksRoss LonsteinIain Rae http://www.bestpower.com/) ...

Thanks to all 90 people who replied. I appreciate everyone's help!!!Here is a 8 step procedure for getting your password file, /etc/fstabor any other file to work again if things aren't booting correctlytaken from teh sun faq which I now have a pritned copy of :) Thiswas sent to me by Stefan ...

Thanks to the following for responding:root@tester.ebu.ericsson.serali@meitca.comsimon@iway.nlMy Original Question:>I have an Auspex running SunOS 4.1.4 equivalent. We>have PCs running NT and interacting through the >Hummingbird Package NFS Maestro to achieve connectivity. >Has ...

My original question was:> I have a simple question concerning Fast-Wide SCSI. In normal SCSI,> you are limited to 8 devices. I've read that Fast-Wide SCSI overcomes> this boundary, but I can't find what the boundaries to addressable> devices are with this device type.> > ...

90% of respondents indicated the break key; variants included ctrl+break.<p>i decided not to power off the machine thereby preserving the ok> prompt<p>from an init 0; after i added my disk packs; an 'ok> boot -rv' got me on my<p>way.<p>thank you one and all.<p>rick<p>

Thanks to:Noel FardyMichael BaumannTom LeachHarvey WamboldtMarcelo MaraboliJackie LeahyJustin Young ....First two sites have good answers at my question: http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/ethernet-home.html http://www.smc.com/fe/fetech.htmlIn fact in depends on type of fiber ( monomode or ...

Thanks to everyone for the many answers:The consensus is that the script **should** die on exit, if you want itto stay up start it with a "nohup" command i.e.:nohup S80testscript &The script also runs fine from a level switch.Thanks-- The sticker on the side of the box said ...

Thanks for all the information!The solutions are:1. install patch 105633-05. I checked, works!2. Put this in your .cshrc for CDE or .xinitrc if running openwindows:     xset +fp /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/     xset fp rehashThis works ...

Thanks to Nicolas De Rica, Casper Dik and Alex Lattanzi. They allpointed me to the showrev command to reveal which version of SunOS4.1.3_U1 you are running.This was exactly what I was looking for.Thanks ....Marco ...

Looks like it can't be done.. yet..The X11R6.1 devices only support up to a cg12(?)... the Fast Frame buffersare not supported yet.My message:>Are there any modes needed for X11R6.1 and Sun's 3D Creator Card? Or>will it all just work right out of the box?Replies:From: Glenn Satchell ...

hello all, this is quite a late summary, am sorry... :) i have been busy with otherstuffs also...so far, none the answers are below.. anyway, lots of responses suggested to:(1) use the program "swatch".. this will watch for particular patterns n logsfiles and mail them as they appear. ...

Original question:> Sun Managers,>> We have a quota of 3 mebabytes for users on our server (Sun Sparc 10> running Solaris 2.5 and Berkeley Sendmail 8.8.0). Whenever e-mail is> sent to a user that is over their quota, that e-mail message stays in> our mail queue with an ...

Hi,Thanks to all who replied to my posting. I looks as if there arereally some reasonably priced cards, though still much more expensive than for the PCI bus. Even my local dealer in the endoffered me a card for about US$800 (including local V.A.T.).The interesting point is, that there is a ...

My original question..> What does the following mean? (What is on line 464?)>> version: SunOS Release 4.1.3_U1 (OPTICAL1) #6: Tue Mar 26 15:58:40 MST> 1996> Copyright (c) 1983-1993, Sun Microsystems, Inc.> machine name: optical1> machine type: SUN 4M/SparcStation ...

Original Post:> Does annybody have a script/method of monitoring NFS usage?> My ultimate goal is to get some baseline NFS access figures> to justify the purchase of a new file server. - ie, number/> duration of automounts, bandwidth utiliziation, system> resources, etcSummary:The ...

Hello,Thank you to those who replied. I have been given two suggestions to thefollowing question:Can anyone advise me how to configure sendmail, for the sun version (8.8.8), sothe sun machine will only accept mail from the domain "testne.com" ?Charlie Mengler ...

The help is greatly appreciated, Thanks.Original Questions:> On SunOS 4.1.? and 5.? systems.> > Q. What is the difference in the> binaries for the su command> in the /sbin and /usr/bin> directories? They are different> in size.> > Q. Can I ...

Thanks to following people for the awesome help: From: Thomas Knox <knoxth@cch.com>From: Tim Evans <Tim_Evans@troweprice.com>From: "Patrick L. Nolan" <pln@razzle.stanford.edu>From: "Knudsen, Steven" <sdknuds@sandia.gov>From: David Evans ...

Original Posting:We recently installed a Metaframe server to give Sun workstation usersaccess to the Windows applications. It is working great except for twomachines: both Ultra 10s running Solaris 2.6. Below is the error thatoccurs when I try to start a Windows session via Metaframe.X Error ...

My solution was to just leave dns out of the nsswitch.conf file for"hosts".>From what I understand, NIS will default to DNS for lookups if DNS isrunning.Also, I think part of the original problem was "too much" massaging oftheNIS Makefile.... starting from scratch seemed ...

Thank's to Mark Olson <olsonm@my-deja.com>Riccardo Veraldi <Riccardo.Veraldi@bo.infn.it>"David L. Markowitz" <David.Markowitz@litronic.com>I found the solution last night by using and old Pentium 100 that usedto run Solaris 2.6 and 7 on IDE.The problem is solve by ...

The first reply was bull's eye ! I had to check and uncomment few lines in/etc/rmmount.conf, and restart vold. Floppy window is being popped now !Thanks to Michael Sullivan(mike@trdlnk.com) (and others whose reply are on myway).However, I found following comment in this file :# Following line ...

The original question:>> I am running Solstice Backup 4.1.2 on a Solaris 2.5 server. Some of my>> clients intermittently report the following error:>> >> hostname:/ save: unknown file type 0150000 for /etc/.name_service_door>> >> This is only occuring on ...

Hello Sun-Managers,First, the two original pleas...1.--------------------------------------------------------------------I have had lots of help from this group, and I hope I can count on you again for some answers.I have recently moved my mailhost from sunfish to blue. Then upgraded blue to ...