Lost LP Jobs

2171 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
HiThe answer was to change the ownership of /var/spool/lp/tmp/.net and below to'lp' not 'root'. I have no idea why it was root owned in the first place.I also installed patch 103959-04 - lp patch fixes,4022904 can't open spool file "/var/spool/lp/tmp/.net/machine/number-1 with ...

.pdf files and Zz

299 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Thanks to all who resonded. I did indeed go Back to the adobe site and<p>download a version of Acrobat<p>for the user. It works great and he is happy!<p>No one could figure out the .Zz file extension. We gave up here as well and<p>told the user to try downloading it again.<p><p>Thanks again. -b<p>

Jumpstart Cookbook

4299 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
SUMMARY: Jumpstart Cookbooksun-managers@codeprof.ececs.uc.eduThanks To:Paul.Teasdel@dresdnerkb.comDavid Robillard <David.Robillard@Matrox.COM>Matthew Stier <Matthew.Stier@tddny.fujitsu.com>lauradel collins <lauradel@cs.uoregon.edu>"Bill Armand" ...

"OCR" with scanned plans (not text)?

5261 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hello managers,see my original question at the end.My question was in short: how to "vectorize" a raster-image...The short summary:-> there are solutions, that claim to do vectorization of raster-images.-> (with the words of Walter Reed <walt@stockmaster.com>): > ...

Semi-Summary: No Tape devices for fibre-channel tape robot...

4759 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Still doesn't work. The solution is we're RMA'ing the FC-AL card.Could take a while so I thought I just go ahead and summarize now.To briefly restate the problem... I'm connecting a SUN E450 to an ADICtape robot (with dual DLT7000 drives) over fibre-channel, with aCambex/QLogic FC card in ...

[SUMMARY] leo zx24 frame buffer + Solaris 8 + Sparc 10

3020 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hello,I want to say thanks to Thomas Anders and Toby Rider for theirreplys. Also, I only received 3 bad email address/vacation messagesso this situation has definately improved since my last post.But, back on topic. Toby Rider cut straight to the chase andeffectively said, "Just put the ...

problem with the number of file descriptors

4541 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Many thanks to:Emad Ragy Anwar <emanwar@aucegypt.edu> jsturges@gmri.com Brian Laughton <brian@sprint.ca> Casper Dik <casper@holland.Sun.COM> mwang@tech.cicg.ml.com (Michael Wang) Dave McFerren <davem@solve.net> TSI Europe Helpdesk <tsi-he@tibco.com> Karl Vogel ...

Multiple IP addresses on a single interface

862 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
THanks to all who replied (over 30):// Hello,// My question is, What is the best/correct way to allow one ethernet// interface (le0) to respond/act like it has two different addresses onthe// same subnet ?In Solaris:    prompt# ifconfig le0:1 X.X.X.X [ ... ] up ...

(2nd): Problem with automountd

931 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hi again,some days ago i have a problem with automountd und AXIS cdrom server.It was no Sun problem, AXIS don't support NFS version 3 until now.But here is a mail from AXIS, they will fix the problem: ... We have investigated here and found out that we will implement support for ...

showrev -p (fwd)

530 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
I removed a core file in /var/sadm/pkgeverything works now. thanks to David G Wiseman and benedetto--Hiu-Man Cheung wrote:> Anyone know what's happening?>> > showrev -p> showrev: get_env_var(core, SUNW_PATCHID)>> 2.7, ultra2>> Thanks>> --> Hiu-Man Cheung1) ...

tar on several floppies

314 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hello,I thanks all of you who reply, you are too many I will not list yourname!!!!My problem was to tar on several floppies a single tar file bigger than1.44 Mb.Most of the answers said:- easiest and fastest : use split - use bar - use GNU tar Thanks & ciaoJean Philippe Le ...

NIS+ question

733 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Dear Sun Managers,Hi and thanks once again for all of your help. My original question was about changing the shell of a user in a Solaris environment running NIS+. The overall concensus was to stay away from the GUI tool and stick to the command line interface. The command line I needed ...

BSM/Auditing

10394 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hello all,    My original post is listed below, I only got 1 reply (thanks RobertRose!!) and it gave me a few general pointers regarding the size andmaintaenance partitions and management scripts. No one addressed the pkgchkerrors I ...

SunOS 4.1.4 - network classes and netmask / broadcast a ddresses

9962 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
SYNOPSIS: Did not know my ABC of network classes like I thought I did. Was trying toassign a class C submask to a class A network IP. Needed to add the fullyqualified network number for my class A network into file /etc/netmasks toget correct netmask. Made the following entry into the ...

original question> > i am just wondering is there any FAQ or papaper somewhere>

2295 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
original question> > i am just wondering is there any FAQ or papaper somewhere> that show us the syntx and option that i can add into the /etc/system.> 1) Mariel Feder <unix.support@central.meralco.com.ph>attachment2) Andre Saile <saile@transtec.de>You can check ...

Solaris 2.8/2.6 - Last question Ever on Jumpstart

8884 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
SUMMARY: RE: Solaris 2.8/2.6 - Last question Ever on Jumpstartsun-managers@codeprof.ececs.uc.eduThanks to:"Dave Maupin" maupin@athenasecurity.comKen Robson" <ken@odtv.com>Imre.Kolos@eth.ericsson.se (Imre Kolos)"Charles M. Atkinson" ...

TIME_WAIT

2780 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Darren Dunham hit the nail on the head. > Make it closer to 30000 and I've seen that a couple of times. Both> times were on machines that were doing Y2K testing, and it occured after> the time was set back to a more 'normal' time.> > Rebooting cleared it up.This system was ...

lpNet error

2380 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Original question:Error message in lpNet log, saying: Cannot find system-infofor connection.Solution: The print server was unable to find information about a newprint client.Thanks to sysjxm@devetir.qld.gov.au (Jurgen ...

LOGIN FAILURES

7288 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hi Folks,Many thanks to:Craig Mertens <craig@synapse-group.com>Matthew Stier <Matthew.Stier@tddny.fujitsu.com>Rik Schneider <rik@netasset.com>Jeffrey B. Davis <jeff@nationwide.net>Erwin Fritz <efritz@glja.com>dennis_keller@smtp.ddc.dla.milBenjamin Cline ...

Q & Summary: Upgrading Sol 2.5.1 to 2.6

8877 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hi all,First, I'd like to offer some notes about my upgrade of Solaris from2.5.1 to 2.6.SUMMARY:        SPARCStation5, 64MB RAM, (2) 1GB HD's, external CD        Solaris 2.5.1, full recommended ...

Using SS20 hostID on an Ultra1 ( changing or borrowing hostID )

3017 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
The concensus is: don't move and use a hostid from a Sparc 20 on an Ultra 1.Thanks to:Tim Carlson <tim@santafe.edu>Adrian Stovall <adrians@solarsystems.com>"Matthew Stier" <Matthew.Stier@tddny.fujitsu.com>Matt pointed out a better solution (for my specific ...

Solstice Backup(changing server name)

1826 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Original question(partial):- > Anybody changed domain names while using solstice backup?> If so did you experience problems with file indexes for> the backup server :-( If not how did you change solstice> backup configuration?> Only two replies, thanks to Reto ...

Preparing a RAID module as a boot device

2559 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Thanks to Ericka Fowler, I now have the document.Feel free to email me if you wish to have a copy inPDF format.N--- NBP <ninbp@yahoo.com> wrote:> Does anyone know or have the SUN document titled> "Preparing a RAID module as a boot device"?> > > > =====> - - ...

IPX motherboard in IPC case

12908 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
A couple of weeks ago, I posted to sun-managers and Suns-AT-Home with arather unusual question:Can a Sun *IPX* motherboard fit into a Sun *IPC* case?Thanks to everyone who answered, including: (in no particular order)"Bruce R. Zimmer" <bzimmer@all-phase.com>"Robideau, ...

double programs <2 Netscape in ps>

1238 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
thanks a lot to:     Nikos Paraskevaidis <nparas@it.teithe.gr>     Tim Pointing <tim@dciem.dnd.ca>Response 1:I believe that you'll find that the second "netsacpe" process (which neveraccumulates CPU time) is actually ...

"Can't open /dev/rdiskette: Device busy" in mtools

1571 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hi,Thanks to the many sun-manager replies, the problem is due tothe running volume manager.Shutting down the volume manage may not a good solution, as itmay also disable CDROM reading.As volume manager can take care of the floppy disk, we may just use it: put MSDOS floppy in ...

Telling the automounter of new filesyatems

4031 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
The original question was: > Here we have a mix of SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.5 NFS clients and > servers. Occasionally a new disk is added to a server and exported, > with the due updating of the corresponding NIS automount tables. > > However, it seems that a running ...

Tape Rewinding

2875 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Summary: Thanks to the following sun-managers (I hope I didn't omit anyone):Sean Ward Tim Evans <tkevans@eplrx7.es.dupont.com>Brooke King <jbking@sandia.gov>Dwight Agner <dwighta@gcitype.com>Dwight Petersen Jochen Bern <bern@penthesilea.uni-trier.de>Patrick L. ...

How can I increase the max file size for Solaris 2.6?

3426 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Thanks to all who replied....Original question is at the bottom..."man ulimit" was helpful, but I needed to set the value universally as thereis only one account really doing much of anything on this machine.Thanks to Vern Walls for the answer:"Edit the file ...

Dtpad & Filepermissions

1283 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
patch 108374-04 deals with this issue.SU BEFORE POSTING please READ the FAQ located atN ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/jdd/sun-managers/faq. and the list POLICY statement located atM ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/jdd/sun-managers/policyA To submit questions/summaries to this ...

upgrading OS on spare live disk

3759 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
I asked:> Is it possible to install a newer release of Solaris onto a spare> disk on a live system without taking the system down and booting off CDROM.The general concensus was that this is not supported, but may be a featurein Solaris 8. A couple of people suggested doing an install ...

OLVWM for Solaris

3255 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
I had done a net search for OLVWM for Solaris, but had been unsuccessful,so I asked:"Has anyone heard anything about OpenLook Virtual Window Manager(olvwm) for Solaris 2.5?"I was told that it could be found at ...

Netscape, PC-NFS & WTG/Netware

2940 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Thanks to:        D. Stew McLeod         Davorin Bengez        Jim Harmon I modified this parameters:        In ...

snmpdx error

457 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Thanks to SG@datcon and mwang@techThe solution is to stop snmpd and stop it from running at system startup.So far so good!Internet communications are not secure and therefore the Barclays Group doesnot accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any viewsor opinions presented ...

2:What is the best way to get more space on /usr/local?

1919 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hello, all,Thanks for more responses after first SUMMARY. The second problem issolved by taking Richard Butler's suggestion. Thanks!ORIGINAL:>Thanks!> I did move the /usr/local dir to another disk with lots space, andmake a> link for it.> But when I use pkgadd to install emacs ...

cc compiler

1033 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Thanks to everyone who replied to my original question of where i couldfind the cc compiler. (list to long to cut and paste). i did not realizethis was in the faq. sun makes you purchase cc, whereas GNU gcc (which ihad) is available free on the net.dbaker@wrangler.cuckoo.com offered the best ...

inetd "respawning too rapidly" error

1041 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Dear Gurus,THANK YOU! You have not only solved my problem, but gotten my boss to approve Sun Software support!The problem was:>Dear gurus,>>I have a firewall running SunOS 4.1.4 on a Sparc 2. Every so often I>get this very frustrating error:>>Oct 17 13:07:44 firewall ...

Dual head configuration on Ultra 10

5608 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
My original message:I got a hold of a Creator3D frame buffer and installed it on myUltra 10 as to use as a secondary (or primary) head.During the reboot, the second monitor attached to the new card shows the text output as far as "Starting Desktop Login on display :0..." and stays ...

expand /tmp

4522 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
thanks a lot for those lots of replies.Specially to:     TzeWong<mongki_tze@yahoo.com>     saddler@wwa.com     ray trzaska<rtrzaska@uk.mdis.com>     Victor ...

packet priority question

3574 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Content-MD5: 9m6YuqperXN6649RBmk/cw==Precedence: bulkHi dear Sunners, This list is great :-)Here is the original question:> We would like to increase the priority to 3270 packets over our Frame Relay > connection over the other packets. i.e. At each time our router see >a 3270 packet, ...

expand /tmp

4352 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
--thanks a lot for those lots of replies.Specially to:     TzeWong<mongki_tze@yahoo.com>     saddler@wwa.com     ray trzaska<rtrzaska@uk.mdis.com>     Victor ...

prom pw

811 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Thanks for all your help. I did try Arthur Lehmanns advice, since it wasthe first to come in, which was to pull the EEPROM out wait about 15minutes and then put it back in. But that did not work. I got another tipfrom Leif Eriksen to take it out for 24 hrs. I did not try this.Dwight Peters ...

Perils of moving an NIS master

1147 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Things seem to have settled down on this to a point where things are wherewe intended them to be in the first place. About three weeks ago, I hadasked why we had so much trouble with some clients being able to usethe automount maps (and passwd) after the NIS master moved from a 4.1.3machine to ...

init 6 on 420R running Sol 2.6 will not work...

2509 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
ORIGINAL QUESTION:Hello,I have setup four 420R's with Solaris 2.6 and when I type in "init 6" atthree ofthese machines it does not reboot the machine the monitor screen just goblackand nothing else happens, howerver at another 420R set up just like thethreeprevious one where I'm ...

IBM: summary

1745 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Folks, after running this commands. I was able to format my drive.   /usr/sbin/drvconfig   /usr/sbin/devlinks   /usr/sbin/disks--Thanks,-EdSilvex Consulting Inc.esilva@silvex.comapplication/x-pkcs7-signature attachment: S/MIME Cryptographic ...

Boot from c0t0d0s0 instead of c0t3d0s0

12471 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Hi Folks,Thank you very much; as usual you came through lightning fast;) I amsorry for the late summary; applying your solutions has not been painless,or fast;(First of all I want express my special thanks to:Brad.Larden@solution6.comCharles Nguyen <ctn@umn.edu>Mike Ghicas ...

ZIP 100 and VOLD on Solaris x86 2.5.1

3623 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Thanks to: Anthony Worrall <Anthony.Worrall@reading.ac.uk>The suggestion was to use the automounter (and just avoid the volumemanager all together). I added these entries to my /etc/auto_local file:        zip -fstype=pcfs,ro ...

Database crashes when time change happens? NO.

4074 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Arthur Darren Dunham (add@is.rice.edu) writes:Unix does not change the time during DST changes. Unix keeps track ofUCT (Zulu time, GMT) and applies an offset for your timezone. Yourtimezone changes dunring DST, not the unix clock.Depending on the circumstances, xntp can make both forward and ...

prom pw (2)

1032 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:31:00
Just realized I forgot to recap the question!I was just handed a sparc5 and had no idea what the prom password was andno one I asked knew either, which I needed in order to upgrade the systemfrom Sol1 to Sol2.Thanks for all your help. I did try Arthur Lehmanns advice, since it wasthe first to ...

audio files

1565 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 11:32:00
Hi All,Thanks to the following and the list in general for the ultra quick responseto my query about how to play audio files under Solaris:rich@brake.demon.co.ukMatthew.Stier@tddny.fujitsu.comsjs@sunthing.sjsinc.comrick@lunger.llnl.govbenji@hnt.comfcusack@eng.fore.comThe answer I was looking ...