recursive delete question

503 byte By adoxtatera at 2007-11-27 11:59:06
Hello all!I need to recursively delete directories which contain files matching *.abcSo in an example directory structure such as this.../directory//directory/test1//directory/test2/temp.abc/directory/test3//directory/test4/subdirectory1//directory/test4/subdirectory2/temp.abcthe test2 and ...

Installing a new network card

362 byte By bruce@betker.orga at 2007-11-27 11:58:27
I'm using an Ultra 10 and the on-board network card is not working.I have installed the 501-5019 PCI network card, but the system doesn't recognize it.I've searched for drivers, but I guess I'm not searching correctly.Would somebody please let me know how to install this network card.I'm ...

sysunconfig in solaris x86 box

59 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 11:57:46
<p>hi to use the sysunconfig command in solaris x86 box</p>

Samba help?

292 byte By LostAdmina at 2007-11-27 11:50:22
<p>Ok, I'm a new admin. I just rebuilt the home directory server, it works, however, no one can map to their home directory from their windows XP machines. I'm completely lost. I'm running Solaris 10 11/06 with samba 3.0.21b. </p><p>can anyone guide me/save me from the problem? Please</p>

Solaris10 and windows with ADS

764 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 11:48:03
Hi ExpertsI have a task in our office which is something like this:one windows 2003 with active directory (PDC) i have to create 20 useraccounts in the windows active directory and i have 20 solaris sparc v210 boxes through this solaris box i have to login by using Windows active directory account ...

how tell if hba is running under Leadville or Qlogic driver?

236 byte By jim_naglera at 2007-11-27 11:45:23
<p>I was think I found a command to do this once, but cannot remember</p><p>If you have a qlogic hba with qlc patch (acquired from Qlogic, not Sun) is there a way to tell which driver has bound to the hba?</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>...Jim</p>

sun and windows email forwarding - between sun and exchange

557 byte By sheedy_is_gonea at 2007-11-27 11:45:14
We have two Sun servers running Solaris 10 and a Windows based network that handles all our external email thru MS exchange 2003. Id like to setup the email service from the Sun server to be able to send emails to the MS exchange server (which should then be able to forward them onto the ...

oracle db_cache_size and /etc/svc/volatile acting weird

1047 byte By ogie1a at 2007-11-27 11:44:07
Hi Guys, i'm running into a weird situation. i'm hoping someone with some oracle/solaris experience can help me out. so i have 2 systems configured identically with solaris 10 running oracle 9i with 128gb ram.Given we have so much mem we are trying to utilize the memory more. so what we have done ...

NFS problem between Linux and Solaris

439 byte By sswolf@gmail.coma at 2007-11-27 11:37:22
I am trying to useing NFS4 between Solaris 10 and Suse Linux Enterprise 10. Linux has nfs sever and I try to use SMC to mount Linux's folders. When I use SMC, I can see this linux, shared folder, and locak mapping point. However, when I do the last step, it will show CIM_ERR_FAILED. the security ...

DHCP will no longer start

548 byte By tgmIIIa at 2007-11-27 11:35:29
Installed a Solaris 9 recommended patch cluster to a box acting as a DHCP server to a number of sunrays. (The patch cluster was downloaded on 7/16/07). After install and reboot dhcp would no longer start. When the dhcp startup script runs I get a "bus error" and it core dumps. Removed the one new ...

SSH version in ALOM 1.6.3

929 byte By gtaubea at 2007-11-27 11:33:34
We are using Nessus 3.0.5 build W313 with all standard plug-ins in order to verify the security of our system (Netra 210, Netra 440). This tool is complaining that the SSH version contained in ALOM 1.6.3 is older than 3.1.Here is the Nessus report:You are running a version of OpenSSH which is older ...

Strange CPU usage problem

457 byte By ifinzena at 2007-11-27 11:28:03
We've got a new V890 with Solaris 10 that's been running fine for a month. This morning the load average rose from the normal 2-5 range to around 120 in the space of about 20 min. CPU utilization was at 95%+ in the sys catagory, 2-3% for user, and 0% for IO. I checked the processes via prstat, ...

How do I get my V240 to boot from cdrom?

121 byte By netmastr32a at 2007-11-27 11:27:23
<p>I am trying to get my v240 to boot from cdrom so I can install Solaris 9 and remove Solaris 10.</p><p>Please help.</p>

SSH configuration - no password login

912 byte By kaush28a at 2007-11-27 11:24:50
I am working on an user's account to be setup as no password login using ssh between two hosts. On same hosts my personal login is also setup for no password prompt login and works fine as expected. But when I am trying the same thing for this user's id, I fail to get the expected results. No ...

JDK 1.6.0_u2 on Ubuntu 7.04

919 byte By mazikowskia at 2007-11-27 11:19:23
I installed JDK 1.6.0_u2 on my Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 system using the self-extracting binary. I then proceeded to create symlinks in /usr/bin. After doing this, 'java -version' returns:Java version "1.6.0"Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, ...

speed seem to change after wake up

316 byte By log111a at 2007-11-27 11:16:31
I use solaris DE 5/07 in my Thinkpad 43. Everything had gone well untill the machine went to sleep. When it was woke up I found the system work a bit slow. For example, the time for a normal window changing to a minimal form or opening a new site is longer. I don't kown why. Can anyone give some ...

Server with no graphics card

361 byte By markgriffinsuna at 2007-11-27 11:13:58
Hello,I have a t2000 server with no graphics card. I've been tasked to install Oracle software on this box. What is the best solution in terms of being able to run Oracle gui interface knowing there is no graphics card? Would I have to use something like hummingbird or other similar free-ware ...

SUNRAY and FEDORA 7

233 byte By jorj007a at 2007-11-27 11:11:16
<p>hello everybofy </p><p>i want to install srss_3.1 on fedora so, was downlaoding srss_3.1 for linux and i made the ./utinstall but now the problem is that i can't make the ./utadm and ./utconfig </p><p>so any ideas ?</p><p>10x</p>

Oerr

502 byte By thbaiga at 2007-11-27 11:10:10
hello,I have installed solaris10, I configured itz iprb0 interface for lan and dns.It was working perfect.Our company installed a router to access internet, after the installation of this router my internet connection goes down. all other os including Linux and windows are working perfect with ...

mailx not sending mails?

180 byte By K79a at 2007-11-27 11:05:06
<p>hi</p><p>on a solaris sparc 9 environment <b>mailx</b> command is unable to send mails to the outside world. What could be the reason & needs to be checked?</p><p>thanks</p>

crontab -e does nothing?

386 byte By K79a at 2007-11-27 11:04:03
Hi,I have a Solaris sparc 5.9 setup. When I give the command crontab -e, instead of opening an editor the control comes to the next line with 0 displayed. Then I have to use CTR+Z to come back to the prompt. The have pasted the screen shot of the same:$ crontab -e0^Z[2]+ Stoppedcrontab -e$Kindly ...

NAS 5320 : authorized_keys file ?

268 byte By Quentin_LUXa at 2007-11-27 11:03:18
<p>Hi all,</p><p>Do you have any ideas on how we can add a SSH key in the authorized_keys (or known_hosts) on a NAS 5320 box ?</p><p>For maintenance purposes, no password is required while ssh a specific host to the NAS box.</p><p>Thanks in advance,</p><p>Quentin.</p>

Print Queues

424 byte By jrw046a at 2007-11-27 10:56:01
I have a Sun450 server that has been used as a print server in the past . We are shuting down that server and I would like to have the servers that were pointing to that 450 for its printer server to instead act as print servers them self. Can I just change the /etc/printers.conf file to itself ...

Solaris 8 host hardware migration help

505 byte By marraxa at 2007-11-27 10:50:55
Hi allI've an Ultra 2 running Solaris 8 and we have to move the whole system to a Netra T1. The Ultra 2 has lots of legacy software that nobody knows how to reinstall :-( . So I would like to copy the ultra2's OS and files to the Netra.Anybody know a good method of doing this ? Flasharchive ? or ...

Solaris Clustering document

137 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 10:46:46
<p>Can any one tell me where i will get the documentation for solaris clustering </p><p>Iam new in solaris . Please help</p><p>Thanks</p>

Disabling root logins

613 byte By Steve_Adamsa at 2007-11-27 10:45:06
Hello.I was wondering how people feel about completely disabling root logins?To do so, I'm thinking I would edit /etc/passwd, and put /bin/false, or something comparable, as the default shell for root.The goal is to always require sys admins to log in as themselves, including at the console, for ...

Service level agreement (SLA)

336 byte By sysglena at 2007-11-27 10:44:55
Management has decided to create an SLA (service level agreement) for the IT department. They have given me until the end of the day to provide input (about 3 hours - my time).Where can I get some info or samples of SLA's for supporting Sun servers, Sun storage and Solaris?Thanks for any help or ...

Password creation policies

276 byte By atlsysadmina at 2007-11-27 10:30:50
<p>,</p><p>I need to know how to turn the controls on for password creation on Unix servers.</p><p>Particularly, we need to force users to use proper guidelines when reseting and making new password. This is to stop the often seen error easily guessed password in reports.</p>

Nothing being written to /var/log/authlog

585 byte By oneiller78a at 2007-11-27 10:30:32
as root user I've edited the syslog.conf unhashing the lineauth.notice ifdef(`LOGHOST', /var/log/authlog, @loghost)I ran the command kill -HUP 'cat /etc/syslog.pid'But nothing is being written to the /var/log/authlog file. I then changed the permission from -rw-1 rootsys0 Apr 3 2005 ...

E450 console

357 byte By jk987a at 2007-11-27 10:30:09
HelloI have an ultra 10 that I can connect to using HyperTerminal using a null modem cable and a db9 to db25 connector, this works well.However when I use the same HyperTerminal settings and cable to connect to an e450 serial A. I dont get any output. There are no warning lights and the e450 sounds ...

what is SPARC architecture

121 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 10:28:17
<p>Hi </p><p>I am new in Solaris could you please tell me what is the full form of SPARC and what is the architecture</p>

error message when trying to mount NFS

383 byte By sswolf@gmail.coma at 2007-11-27 10:27:24
Hi, when I am using SMC to make a new mount. It shows "unable to read security authorization because of an unexpected error from management error." Is there anyone know where is the problem? which part should I change?I am trying to make a NFS environment. I already created a shared folder.My OS is ...

Password creation rules

279 byte By atlsysadmina at 2007-11-27 10:25:58
<p>I need to know how to turn on controls for password creation on Unix servers with Solaris 8, 9, and 10. I want to force users to use proper guidelines when resetting and creating new passwords (i.e., enforce some password policies in addition to those found in Admintool).</p>

Samba problem in solaris 10

914 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 10:25:22
Hi ExpertsI configure smb.conf file and i ran test parm and started my smbd and nmb service also i am getting given below error message when i used to connect from my XP box to solaris 10 i checked the firewall it is disabled.Error: The network connection was aborted by the local systemGiven is my ...

Solaris x86 VS Solaris SPARC

93 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 10:21:19
<p>Hi </p><p>Can any one tell me the merits and deerits of the x86 and SPARC</p><p>Thanks</p>

Solaris Clustering

103 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 10:19:38
<p>Hi </p><p>I am new in solaris i want clustering documention please help me</p><p>Thanks</p><p>RK</p>

Are any Solaris 8 shells largefile aware?

376 byte By wsandersa at 2007-11-27 10:17:14
I am trying to assemble an Opensolaris CD form the three parts that are downloaded:$ cat sol-nv-b64a-sparc-dvd-iso-a sol-nv-b64a-sparc-dvd-iso-b > sol-nv-b64a-sparc-dvd.isocat: write error: File too largeThis is apparently a shell problem. Does anyone know of a workaround that will work in Solaris ...

Command to set samba password

219 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 10:14:08
<p>Hi</p><p>I configured samba on my solaris 10 box .</p><p>could you please tell me how to set samba password and qwhat is the command </p><p>Please help me on this i am new to solaris .......</p><p>Thanks</p><p>RK</p>

complete memory analysis

413 byte By kahnoiea at 2007-11-27 10:13:09
Hello All,I wish to generate all kinds of memory stats showing faults, like paging faults, cache misses, memory access errors, read/write errors etc. So which all commands would be helpful?Would it also be possible to find out the delay/latency in writing to a mirror disk?Any other help related to ...

Which Process is using how much Physical Memory in Solaris 8?

146 byte By K79a at 2007-11-27 10:12:59
<p>Hi,</p><p>In Solaris 5.8 Sparc which OS command to use to list all process with the amount of Physical Memory they are using ?</p><p>Thanks</p>

Installation Solaris with JumpStart

273 byte By Marcorela at 2007-11-27 10:12:45
<p>Hello,</p><p>I want to install Solaris 10 with a server JumpStart.</p><p>But i want only actived the ssh mod (for security).</p><p>How do you write that in the jumpstart script ?</p><p>What is the command line ?</p><p>Anybody can help me, please ?</p><p>Thank you :)</p>

How to refresh the 'df' space?

524 byte By davistai@gmail.coma at 2007-11-27 10:12:15
Hi,all,I found one of the filesystem is 100% full, which existed one of Oracle temporary file of temp tablespace, and I followed the database operation and deleted the temp file from the filesystem.However, it didn't release the space when I used 'df -k' to show the system space!!! But I know it ...

Zone issue in Solaris10

1089 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 9:51:33
Hi ExpertsI have small problem and doubtIf i login to global zone ... "zlogin -C -e @ testzone" how to logout from global zone......testzone# when i press exit button it is comeing to zone login promptzone1 console login: @ ( from Zone login prompt i want to come back to my normal solaris ...

Unix 'find' and Solaris 10

494 byte By bobhaskinsa at 2007-11-27 9:49:50
I am trying to redirect output from a 'find' invocation in Solaris 10. This find command:find . -type d -name "02" -printWorks great when run without redirection. When I attempt to do a simple redirect, like this:find . -type d -name "02" -print > /tmp/stuff.outNothing ends up in the ...

full system backup

187 byte By SunOSnewbiea at 2007-11-27 9:43:48
hi there,i am so new to system administration. using ufsdump command, what file shud i backup? what is the proper command to use?please help and advise.thanks.

Zone setup in solaris 10 some problem and doubts

1096 byte By 54645a at 2007-11-27 9:43:21
Hi ExpertsI have small problem and doubtIf i login to global zone ... "zlogin -C -e @ testzone" how to logout from global zone......testzone#when i press exit button it is comeing to zone login promptzone1 console login: @( from Zone login prompt i want to come back to my normal solaris prompt ...

Can't open boot device (cdrom)

729 byte By tunelera at 2007-11-27 9:41:02
Hi all,i had this problem a couple of times with sun blades 100/150/200.The HD crashes, i by a new one, connect, power on, [Stop]+[A]ok boot cdrom... ... ...Can't open boot deviceok show-disks...(make my selection)ok nvalias cdrom2 [Control+y]@1,0:fok nvstoreok boot cdrom2...Can't open boot ...

Recovering data from a corrupt HD

735 byte By tunelera at 2007-11-27 9:38:53
Hi all,I hava w WD HD which woke up ill.I did:[Stop]+[A]boot -sfsck -y /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7 ... ... ...WARNING: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/dad@0,0 (dad0):Uncorrectable data Error: Block ... ... ...... Command: 0xc8 Error: 0x40 Status: 0x51 ... ......BAD MODE 0170000 I=2263BAD MODE: MAKE IT A FILE? ...# fsck ...

Quantum DLT 7000 installation

227 byte By sswolf@gmail.coma at 2007-11-27 9:35:26
am a new user of sun solaris 10. I am using sunfire 280 for test. I am trying to install Quantum DLT7000 tape backup device to my sun fire. Is there any one who can tell me how to do it step by step? Thank you very much.

Volume Manager and swap space

594 byte By LarryBreyera at 2007-11-27 9:33:31
My question is whether or not to mirror swap space.I have a V240 with an SE3310 JBOD attached, running Solaris 10.My predecessor set up RAID 1+0 on all partitions except swap.I presume not mirroring swap was decided for performance reasons.We currently have complete failover coverage (mirror + ...