Hi all,my original question was:>Hi SUN Gurus,>we right on the way to Solaris 2.6. At this point we are>discussing whether this is the time to get rid of using NIS+.>>What we need, is password shadowing. The 2.6-bundled NIS implementation>supports the old fashioned ...

>-----Original Message----->>Greetings all.>>I've got a situation where I need to provide printing services fromassorted Sun systems>(Solaris/SunOS) to two hp printers running Jetdirect cards. My windowsusers presently >access them through an NT server vi JetAdmin. My ...

hi,all:My question is :>> Can i print PS file on it Without PS card and how ?>The answer is :      (from Benjamin Cline <benji@hnt.com> )> You can get a package named GhostScript, which can do PostScript to PCL>(HP's ...

Thanks to: Charles Brian Hill [brian@doodlabs.com]Ernst-Gunar Ortlepp [ortlepp@dkrz.de]Sam Nelson [Sam.Nelson@cs.stir.ac.uk]Chang, Sam [sam.chang@gs.com]mike.salehi@kodak.comPaul LaMadeleine [plamadeleine@lightbridge.com]The answer I needed was to:If you're doing this in shell, and you're ...

[Query]: Need Freeware Fortran compiler and Fortran-to-C converterSources for freeware Fortran compiler from GNU:    f2c : netlib.bell-labs.com [204.178.16.2], in directory /netlib/f2c/        GNU Fortran (g77) : ...

Thanks to all who responded, two many to mention them all, I got themessage. That the t1's serial port has a different pinout than whatLightwave console server's port.In search of good documentations, I looked everywhere on sunsolve anddocs.sun.com, but I found a good source ...

Hello,  Here is the promised summary for the posted problem.On Nov 3 this problem was posted. I had 1 response from Nate Itkinconcerning 104854 patch for 2.5.1 unfortunately the problemexists on 2.5.1.and 2.6.The original query and test case are below: The date on the systemwas set to ...

Once again, the list comes through.Original message (posted something like an hour ago!):>I've had some users (about a dozen or so now, out of a total of maybe >450) suddenly develop this weird problem. When they log in correctly, >they get a "login incorrect" message and ...

Thanks to all who helped out. Here it is simple as can be.Too bad Sun can't put this on their web site.vi /usr/openwin/lib/speckeysd.mapcomment out linesSunPowerSwitchSunPowerSwitchShiftLogout and log back in again.JohnSU BEFORE POSTING please READ the FAQ located atN ...

Hi everyone:I received over 34 replies to my mail (some of them got lost due to my mailproblem). Here is the summary.The original question:Someone in Japan is trying to send me a large file ( > 9MB ) via email. It hasrepeatedly filled up my /var/spool and then, it terminates and starts all ...

Original question> > I've got a SPARCstation 4 Model 85 running a patched Solaris 2.6.> The original internal drive is a "SUN0535" 510 MB disk drive - too small> for a system disk these days. Can I replace this drive with a Seagate> ST15150WC? Can the Sparc 4 handle ...

Thanks for Many useful responses.I've solved backup problem...First, My tape drive is on SCSI target 4 and device file is /dev/rmt/1lb.I found the device point by listing /dev/rst*, $ ls -alF /dev/rst*$)C2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 7?y 9@O 14:25 /dev/rst12 -> ...

Apologies for shortage of info in original question.1> netstat -k is undocumented.2> the first_collision field appears to only be present for   the hme interfaces and under 2.5.1.What I needed:I have about 60 Ultra E3/4/5/6000s. The Ultra's ship withoutle0, just the hme0. ...

Many thanks for the people who took time out and responded to my post.There were some many...However, most responded with the command ldd and nm. Some suggested lookingfor the Sun Linker and Library manual. Thanks for the information...However, I would like to point out that there was one ...

Due to popular request ... Here is the link ...ftp://fishbutt.fiver.net/pub/solarisx86/printer/jetdirect/jetadmin.0.9.sun_x86.tar.Z-----Original Message-----First Off, I would like to thank the people who did reply with theirhelpfull hints.The answer to my question was solved by:Paul H. ...

Sorry it's taken me so long to post this summary. I'd like to thank MarkBergman for taking the time to send me the very detailed explanation of thesituation that I have included below. I was understanding properly, I justneeded a few pieces to fit. It's just easy to get confused when ...

Hi all gurus    Severals days ago, I asked some questions about how to setup NIS. By now ,     I have got a lot of help.Many thanks to who helped me. Now, i summary it.    My original question is:> > I want to setup NIS on our ...

Hello,Thank you all. I will post a summary thanking each contributor.Unfortunately (or fortunately), it's time to catch the bus!!Have a nice evening,-ReggieSU BEFORE POSTING please READ the FAQ located atN ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/jdd/sun-managers/faq. and the list POLICY ...

Thanks for all who responded. Here is my original request:> Is there any way to get my NT server to query NIS+ services for login> proceedures? I'd rather not have to create accounts on both Solaris and NT> servers.> > -----------------------------------> Jason D. ...

Thanks for all the help.As many people pointed out, the behavior I described is both expected anddocumented in the man page of hosts.equiv. I thought Casper Dik explained the behavior best with these words:    "You should read /etc/hosts.equiv as something that is ...

Thanks to all who responded I received 18+ replies within one day.My original question essentially asked how one could setup a CDROM burneron a solaris box and where one could find the software.The answer:There are a number of solutions out there:Software Company Price ...

Thanks to all who offered their advice in getting past my hurdle. I got manyresponses. Most said much the same thing. Here, is a selection of what wassaid:-----You can add it later. Just use /usr/sbin/sys-unconfig .Then plug in network.reboot -sadd any default required to ...

The answer is the MTU(maximum transmission rate) for the interface ipdptp0 isset to 1500 by defaultwhich is the the largest possible unit of data that can be sent on a givenphysical medium, in this case ethernet.it appears not to be a problem for most sites(espn and sun not ...

Howdy, all. As you will remember, I posted a problem with a 2.5.1client seeing radically exagerated file sizes on an NFS'ed FS froma 2.5 server. Tons of people, specificallygkw@myriad.com (Greg Ward)Michael Wight <mwight@neog.com>Michael Neef ...

Last week, I wrote:>I have an Axil SWS310 (Sparc 10 clone) with two TMS390Z55 CPU's,>64MB RAM, 2 added Sbus SCSI adaptors (besides the built-in SCSI>on the system board), and two tape jukeboxes.>>The system runs Solaris 2.6 and Legato NetWorker version 5.0,>doing network ...

Last Friday I've posted the following query:> Greetings O Managers !>> When I type something like:> echo Test | /usr/ucb/mail some_user> as root it works OK, mail gets delivered without complaint.> When I run the same command as a lowly user :)> the mail is still ...

Hi allThanks to all those who replied. Actually I received more replies asking forsummary than solutions.Thanks to Nicolai Zeldovich whose solution I liked and will be using.Also thanks to Chris Marble----- Original Question ----->Hi all>>Is there a way in Solaris to limit the number ...

Some more updates:--- = Omitka = <omitka@hotmail.com> wrote:> Also notably Netbackup 3.2 cannot backup Win 2000 clients / servers.Frank Ebeling <ebeling@rz.tu-clausthal.de>-----------------------------------------------prior to NB 3.4-releases there were no license keys ...

My original question is Where can I find a well-maintained sun manager archive. Thanks everyone for information,they are:Charles Brian HillBevan BrounBernt ChristandlAlex Vinsonhmnguyen@verizongni.comBlaine OwensAugy ThielJim ZimmermanRob MontjoyHisashi FujinakaAhmed, NabeelRasana AtreyaRam ...

I must admit rather sheepishly that my original question should never havebeen posted and I do apologize for that. I have received 55+ messages sinceI posted the original message yesterday. I will not list out all of theemail addresses of those who sent me replies.Essentially the gist of the ...

First of all, thanks to the (only!) two responders: Harvey Wamboldt <harvey@iotek.ns.ca> and Casper Dik <casper@holland.Sun.COM>  Harvey ran thru some reality checks and theories with me, also explaineda bit how this all works. Casper essentially said - "works ...

Dear sun managers:   Thanks for replies of :   Colin Matthews <cybcpm@cyber.rdg.ac.uk>   john benjamins <johnb@Soliton.COM>   Brad Young <bbyoung@amoco.com>   Pritish Shah ...

Original post is below.Thanks to:Anthony WorrallWolf SchaeferAl HopperO'Neal,ChrisWell several people responded that since Sun is moving away from SBUSdon't count on a SBUS LVD SCSI adaptor. I guess what I will do then is tobuy the LVD drives and connect them to my single-ended SCSI buses ...

Thanks all for the swift and mostly correct answer... To those who suggestedthat I had one too many levels of directory specified in my pkgadd, you are, ofcourse, correct. I should have usedpkgadd -d /usr/Bowler rather than pkgadd -d /usr/Bowler/xvThanks again for the swift response, it's a ...

Hi,all:      My question is :> when booting ,the machine displays the following messgae on the> screen :> Notice: zs3:ring buffer overflow.> what does it mean ? May i ignore it ?> > I run Solaris ...

 First thanks to all of the following most hit it right on the head.Original question below followed by summary.Gents your 15 seconds of fame :)Matthew MauzyJohn D GroenveldChanga AndersonMoti LevyDan LiebsterDouglas LeeBenjamin RitceyPaul BootDavid EvansRuss PoffenbergerBageshwar X ...

Thanks very much to:Glenn SatchellJim McVeyMark A. BaldwinMike ZeleznikJames P. EddingerRoger KloreseNing LuAlun P. GwynneI really appreciate all your responses. My problem was as follows:>> Hi everyone,>> I ran into some trouble resizing (growing) filesystems under Veritas VxVM> ...

I received replies from Thomas Wardman, krik snook, Karl Vogel and BrianHostetler. Thanks for their Inputs. Their replys are attached below.I am now planning to go for one filesystem (say 4GB) for / , /usr and /optseparate filesystem for /home.I wanted some more inputs on ...

Thanks to the following who replied:Terje J. Hanssen <nteknikk@monet.no> (twice with PDF files)Carlos Alexandre Polanczyk <cap@santacasa.tche.br>Nicolas De Rico <derico@DREA.DND.CA>From: Terje J. Hanssen <nteknikk@monet.no>>You will find Intel DP Server N440BX (2CPUs, ...

Thanks to: Benjamin Cline <benji@hnt.com> Rich Kulawiec <rsk@itw.com>Original post:> I have a Sparc Compiler C 4.0 installed on Solaris 2.5.1.> I also have in the network some Classics with Solaris 1. I would> like to know if with the C compiler installed on ...

   Below is my original query, and the responses I received.   Thanks to all who responded ...

Thanks to everyone who responded:Syd AlsobrookBob RaheMichael HansenMatthew StierPat TurnerBill FayHendrik VisageSeth RothenbergerAs it turns out, my best reponse came from my reseller, ContinentalResourcesAll I need to get to utilize graphics in my current configuration is aTurbo GX ...

Thanks to everyone who answered. Unfortunately the solution wasn't there. When I find it I will post it. By now I followed thegood advice of not having root setuid ...

Thanks to Casper Dik for the following:> > In SunOS 4.x, the include files differed among architectures.> > There was a link "/usr/include/machine" which linked to "../kvm/machine",> which in turn would be a link to /usr/include/sun4{,m,c}.> > In Solaris ...

First things first, I would like to appologize for taking so long ingetting this summary back out to the list. I appreciate all thatreplied to my question regarding redundant servers:Bryan BlackburnRich KulawiecKevin SheehanChris TubutisMichael WangTodd M. WilkinsonLaurent UlmiDwight ...

Thanks to everybody that replied. Here is a compiled list of 3rd party SUN-parts suppliers:Applied Computer Systems, http://www.apcom.comHugo Tafel(408) 739-8676Kenneth OlsenSan Jose, CA(408) 451-9910(408) 437-9432 (fax)Boxhill Systems1-212-989-4455MTI/Nat'l Peripherals (708)-325-4151Andataco ...

Hi,The replies came so fast I was taken aback. Appreciate the help.Lots of you pointed out, mostly politely that I was not using the right toolfor the job. nfs and rcp are a huge nyet. nfs uses nobody instead of root by default and thus my original problem.Some people suggested using rcp with ...

Thank you to the following 3 people for responding;>From Matthew.Stier@tddny.fujitsu.com Wed Nov 19 16:23 EST 1997>From afm@psa.pencom.com Thu Nov 20 09:01 EST 1997>From putsch_1@uicc.com Thu Nov 20 09:34 EST 1997They seemed to concur with what I had seen at a demo. GOglobalgets your X ...

I got some requests for summaries on the Ross/BridgePoint ifo so her it is. Thanks to:"O'Neal,Chris" <onealwc@AGEDWARDS.com>"Howard Boggs" <hboggs@bridgept.com>Rick----------------...BridgePoint is taking care of all Ross legacy product, sales and service. you ...

To summarize, what I did shortly after the post was:1) I ran the program as root. This allowed it to access the "reserve"space.2) I used tunefs to change the percentage of "reserve" space. Forexample, tunefs -m #.Many thanks to all the responded!Jason-- ...