Hi,Thanks to the few who replied. It helped to confirm that it cannot bedone without compromisingthe root password or user password. Suggested workarounds involved using"sudo" / rsh / rlogin etc.- StephThe following people who replied:Gerald Combs jsturges@gmri.comChris ...

I got one very succinct response from Casper Dik <casper@holland.Sun.COM>.Thanks Casper!The original request:>I am trying to generate an object file suitable for loading into>another program using dlopen(). It has numerous functions in it>which must remain hidden to the outside ...

Original Question:How do I prevent a user from FTPing into my system (i.e. root). We're running SUN OS 4.1.3U1 on a Sparc 2. I've already prevented root from being able to telnet.Solution Options:(1) Create a file called /etc/ftpusers in this file place the login name of users you wish to ...

I'm a csh bigot what can I say? (please no csh is harmful again stuff).<slaps head>well the correct syntax for ksh/sh is 'EXPORT=' not 'set EXPORT='.</slaps head>Thanks to everyone who replied. I still cannot figure out why thisparticular system is defaulting to ed but alas ...

Hi,I've just completed the remote installation of the Axil 311 and it wasreally easy. I just did a ./add_install_server in the Tools subdirectoryon the CD-ROM and gave it the proper ethernet and IP address of the Axil.The only small problem was the proper configuration of /etc/dfs/dfstab.I've ...

Patch 109621-1 did the trick. Also I should have added 'elxl "pci10b7,1000"' to driver aliases.Thanx for the help.Jarrett Carver http://www.geocities.com/solarboyz1solarboyz1@hotmail.com Unix/NT Systems ...

This is a resend of my summary. I forgot to provide the originalquestion. Sorry.=========================================================Original Question:We are running Solaris 2.5.1 on a SPARCserver-1000. The problem we are having concerns root executing the /sbin/sucommand. When ...

Sorry about the delay in this - but end-of-fiscalwoes cropped up, as they usually do.The consensus of all respondents was:admintool is broke, don't use it. Go findCeleste's web page on Sun serial portadministration and follow instructions there. I did that, and once I remembered that port A ...

Thanks to all who responded ... Originally I was concerned about two things -        1) Netra Box boots three times on reboot (as seen in /var/adm/messages)        2) Bunches on "Unable to Install/Attach ...

Further replies from David Foster, Sanjiv K. Bhatia, and David H. Brierlypointed out to me that the environmental variables LPDEST and PRINTER caninterfere with lpadmin operations in just the way I described. Aftergetting rid of those variables, lpadmin works the way it should. I canlp to my ...

3rd posting of this summary, so I have lost the list of names whoresponded. Thanks, however, go to those who ever so "kindly" pointed outmy faults in posting the originals! The way to print directly from Solaris to a HP LaserJet is to downloadJetAdmin software from www.hp.com. Use ...

I was looking for an IRC-server for Solaris 2.xThats what I found:From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk@itw.com>The IRC FAQ (see news.answers) gives starting points for serversfor a variety of platforms.From: "Artur Rodrigues" ...

Hi there!Well, it's been a while, but I finally have something of a summary forthis problem. My original statement announced that we were usingJetAdmin on a print server to spool (from our Solaris clients runningSSPC) to network-attached HP LJ printers, and that, after those printers(not ...

Thanks to all who responded to my question. It really helped andI have clear view on things now. Special thanks to Casper DikBrown, MelissaDanny Cox              Answers given by Casper Dik is as ...

Thanks to all who replied to my question.On the client syslog machine I will have*.err,*.crit,*.alert,*.emerg /var/adm/messages*.err,*.crit,*.alert,*.emerg @nvc1and on the server syslog machine (nvc1)*.err,*.crit,*.alert,*.emerg /var/adm/messageswhich means all messages err and higher ...

Original question: How to notify the system of any /etc/services changes without a reboot?Answer: Refresh the inetd daemon like:# ps -ef |grep inetdroot 123 1 0 Oct 10 ? 0:09 /usr/sbin/inetd -s# kill -HUP 123Many thanks to (in replying order ...

Roger Fujii pointed out that I could get a clue about the puzzling behaviorof enscript by running it with the --list-options option. This produceda moderate volume of output which enabled me to find the problem.It showedspooler_command="lp"queue_param="-P"among other ...

> Hi Gurus,> > Following are the reply i have got. Thanks a lot to Dennis Riddick,> Alexandre Perematko,Sydney Weinstein> > > <<Re: DDS3/DLT7000>> <<Re: DDS3/DLT7000>> <<Re: DDS3/DLT7000>> > Regs> Sriramattached mail follows:# ...

Thanks to :Eugene KramerPeter PolasekMike BlandfordTod M.WilkinsonSteve KayMikhail ZdorovenkoThe Question was How to increase the no of ports on Ultra 450 running Solaris 2.6The soln is Eveyone gave same follow solution .To increase the number of ptys (pseudo-terminal devices) underSolaris ...

Thanks to all that replied: This helped with the per/process vm usage, but I am still looking for a/user vm usage cap. Support Came from : "Robbins, Garry" <Garry.Robbins@Labatt.com>Mariel Feder <unix.support@central.meralco.com.ph>Some ideas were : On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, ...

Content-MD5: FvVJGyavIoaHAxIGWQTdrQ==Precedence: bulkHello Sun Gurus,Here is my original question:> We are thinking to connect a new remote site using NFS for some specific> partitions. > > But I am really concerned with the security aspect. Is it safe to > use NFS over an ...

Hello all,        Many people suggested adding '/usr/openwin/lib' to our LD_LIBRARY_PATHenvironmental variable, which seemed to do the trick.         The curious thing is that our LD_LIBRARY_PATH on all of our ...

Thanks for the info everyone who replied, it cleared that up for me (thecustomer won't be happy, but that is the way it goes)Comments from those who replied are below, they sort of sound about what Iexpected, so it must be true :-)Chris O'NealSparcStation 1 was something like 1988 to 1990? LX ...

Thanks to:Todd Fiedler <tfiedler@bandag.com>Laurent Ulmi <lulmi@lucent.com>Original question:> I need to know which SCSI host adapters are used on the E450.The answers are that the Symbios (glm) is built-in and is also usedas an add-on. No one seems to be using anything ...

thanX to all who responded with special thanX toCasper DickMarkus KorthCraig Russellthe solution :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------u should have /sbin/sh listed in the /etc/shells file on the machine towhich u want to ftp as root.I was listing all ...

Thanks to all the people who responded. Here is a summary of what theparapeters are in the /etc/system file and how to configure the values.UNIX Environment SummaryTabl e 2-1 summarizes the requirements for installing the Oracle8i Server.If yoursystem fails to satisfy any listed requirement, ...

Original Question:I have an E450 with a quad ethernet running Solaris 2.6 located at a remotesite. We have it hooked up to a switch that has both 10BaseT and 100BaseTXports. Is there a command that will report what speed the interface is runningat (i.e., either ethernet or fast ...

=========================================================Original Question:We have recently purchased a Seagate ST15230N drive anda Sun X-1062A card (Fast/wide) for a SS10 running Solaris2.5.1. We installed the card into an open bay, plugged the disk to the card, did a touch /reconfigure and ...

(SUMMARY added for archival purposes)Please help me stamp out the myth that is being perpetuated aboutincreasing the number of ptys.Here's is how it's really done for system V ptys, in 99.9% of the cases,this is all you need:        set pt_cnt = ...

Many people send me the response.Thanks for everybody who answer me this question !My original question is :> How can I release a specific port ?> How can I know which process is using a specific port ?And the answer is " lsof " .I will test lsof.Thanks,ReinaldoSU BEFORE ...

thanks for Paul Pescitelli and Adrian Stovall .their replay is:"The reason you are failing to boot, is that you are mixing differentmodelsof the CPU's if you use the two with 4M cache cpus, the machine will bootproperly.""Im fairly certain that you can't mix and match CPU's. ...

        This summary is dedicated to those who either forget or justplain didn't know.I asked if anyone had a clue to why /tmp was dynamically increaing anddecreeasing. The answer was tmp was using tmpfs. tmpfs shares between swap and thepartion using ...

Thanx for the responces from :Mikey Garcia <MJGARCIA@us.oracle.com> (former co-worker)doong@aharinc.com (Tom Doong)Peter.Bestel@uniq.com.au (Peter Bestel)Milt Webb <milt@iqsc.com>poffen@San-Jose.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)Benjamin Cline <benji@hnt.com>Answer:You can't fat ...

Original posting:> > Hello!> > When sending mail to a mail group which includes the user sending> the mail, the sender does not get a copy of the mail even though the=20> 'meetoo' flag is set.> > He is using an Ultra 1/170, Solaris 2.6 with all suggested patches.> ...

The resounding answer is YES.. you can use Disksuite ona Netra.Thanks to all that responded.Original Posting>Hi!>>Quick question. Can I run Disksuite on a Netra i?>>sue-- Susan KJ Thielen System AdministratorCentric Systems ph: 519 649-2363x2371074 Dearness ...

I was unable to use ssh compiled on 2.6 on my 2.5.1 client:Machine-> ssh x.y.comld.so.1: ssh: fatal: relocation error: file ssh: symbol snprintf: referenced symbol not foundKilledThanks to:Dan BrownStuart, Reggie (GXS, Maxim)Tim CarlsonBenjamin RitceyAll said that 'You should be able to ...

Thanks for all responses, the problem has solved.Solution: I think that you have to specify:> DBMDEF= -DNDBM -DNIS -DNISPLUS> LIBS= -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -lkstat whether or not you are running NIS or NISPLUSin my case before I used: > DBMDEF= -DNDBM > LIBS= -lresolv -lsocket ...

        A lot of thanks to all people that tried to help me.Most of the people:   Harald van Breederode <hbreeder@nl.oracle.com>   "Anthony Y. Y. CHOI" <anc@hkstar.com>   "Carl E. ...

Thanks to all who Responded . I have received many responses. Aine.LynaghBirger.WathneMatthew.StierMarco GreeneStuart WhitbyIraMike GhicasRasana AtreyakevinMichael WangChris RouchI have came to know about three softwares which does provide High Availability.1. Sun Cluster 2.2 ...

Hello all,<p>        Thanks to everyone who offered help on this one.<p><a href="/www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/default.htm"> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/</a><p>Is the official home of the NTP stuff ...<p><p>Harry Wilson<p>

Original query:> I'm looking for a way to set up a mailing list that only some people> can send to. The obvious answer would be sw like majordomo but I'm> restricted as to what I can install on this particular machine. OTOH,> procmail is already installed. One idea was to set up ...

Hi Sun Managers,MY ORIGINAL POST:I have just installed Solaris 2.5.1 on a Sparc5 and intended to make this machine a print server. So far I have no output to the printer at all, even tried to print a small text file. The network printer model is HP 4MV.I installed the HP JetAdmin Utility for ...

Well, I got a flood of information on this topic.My favorite was to get "VT Online" from www.markspace.com( I have no commercial relationship other than satisfied customer.)It has no problem sending a Break to anything from sparc10 to E4500.( haventtried 6500 (yet))It also has a ...

Fellow Sunners,Rec'd four replies to my query (original is below).I award Casper Dik (casper@holland.sun.com) first prize; three draft pintsof Schafley Oktoberfest beer (but he has to visit St. Louis to collect!)His response: internal time is counted in seconds. I believe this won't bea ...

To backup a raw disk everyone said to use 'dd'. Legato supposedly hasa solution for raw filesytem backups too.  Thank you to:kking@europe.pureatria.comrtrzaska@uk.mdis.comjacques.rall@za.eds.comjim@telecnnct.com-- Edward A. Sanborn Senior Systems Administrator ...

Thanks to all who responded;Original Question:> > Hi All> > /var/spool/lp/tmp is filling up with old requests, some of which seem to have> the file copied locally and some usse the default link behaviour. OS is 2.5.1> machine is an E3000 patches installed are ...

Hello Sunmanagers, first of all I would like thank all of the helpof my previous question: the original question was:When I export a NFS partition to another machine, the directoriesinside of the mounted volumes where not accesible.The Answer is:use root option.share -F nfs -o ...

Original Question:How to setup Annex ACP security with Annex Server Software 14.1 onSolaris 2.6 for Annex III Remote Access Server?Note: Annex Server Software 14.1 is Y2K compliant, but it is notsupported by BayNetworks on Solaris 2.6- they only support it on Solaris2.51 below. As for the ...

Managers !Because I've recieved 2 "I-have_the_same_problem" mails I will summarize without a solution. All the answers were dealing with umask. Eric mentioned a "global" umask, but honestly I found nothing appropriate.I found 3 condition of dtpad.1) Starting from a ...

Managers:I composed the question, went to lunch, came back and was flooed with answersto my question. I've only used this list a few times and am always astoundedat the depth and breadth of knowledge and the speed at which people reply.thanks to:Mark C. HendersonGerald CombsReto ...