Hi guruscan anybody please tell me how to analyze the output of truss command.I appreciate your effortsRegardsRaghavendra

A new disk is just installed in my solaris 8 box. It works fine.However, if I tried to ftp (in.ftpd), cd to all directories and run pwd under this new disk, it gives me 550 error msg. There is no problem for those in my old disk at all.ftp> pwd550 .I believe I've granted enough permissions ...

Sunsolve says A5000 supports 36GB drives.is anybody using those on A5000?Are there any issues?

We recently switched from a Data-General unix box to a Sun e12K (yaaaaaa). The following is my uname outputSunOS xxxxxxxx 5.8 Generic_117000-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000Now the question. On the Data General machine, you could set a parameter that would allow the user to login in either ...

Hi,because I can't seem to find it, can someone please tell me, what type of interface is on the V440 servers.I want to jumpstart the ones we just got, but I can't seem to find a document that expliciltly tells me they are of type "X". (where X is bge, qfe, .....)I am guessing ge something, ...

We have several production machines running Solaris 8 and 9 on SPARC platforms. The machines were built without support for IPv6. Is there any convenient way to add IPv6 support to these machines without reinstalling the OS? If so, how can it be done? Perhaps an OS upgrade would do the trick? ...

Is there any way to disable an account after "x" failed login attempts for "y" seconds in Solaris 8.0 and Solaris 2.6? If so, how?

I have a user who'd like a scroll mouse on his Ultra-80, Solaris 9. Is this supported? Does Sun make a scroll mouse? I did a google and got no answer.Thanks,Roger S.PS - Is this another DVD/USB/firewire issue?They're supported, but Sun doesn't have any drivers/software. ...

I've got a SunFire V100 with two NICs: dmfe0 and dmfe1. I thought it would be simple to give them two different addresses (192.168.1.8 and 192.168.1.18) with two hostname.dmfe* files, a single entry in the netmasks file, and corresponding names in the hosts file. The idea was to put the ...

Why does Solaris allow modification of an audit log?It is understood that a person logged in as or SU to root has the ability to modify a log. Is there any settings configuration native to Solaris that would disable this capability?Thanks,Bob

Hello Solaris guys. One of my disk was getting full and I had to move some stuff from one filesystem ( disk ) to another filesystem ( disk ). Now I did that using 'mv' command and then created a soft link from the original directory to the target directory, but the 'df' report still shows ...

Hi,How to search all files in the system with invalid owner or/and group"?i.e.rwxr-xr-w10500testfileA rw-r--r--root300testfileB rw-r-r-x102JontestfileC

Hi ,I am trying to increase the filesystem. I did first #metattach d37 1Gd37: Soft Partition has been grownand then # growfs -M <mount point> d37devinfo: /dev/md/dsk/d38: Inappropriate ioctl for devicegrowfs: cannot get partition sizeWhat is the problem, can anyone help me?Thanks in ...

Hii,On a remote mounted filesystem I am getting the error:du: failed for .: Cycle detectedfrom the command "du -s k .".I am a bit stumped on how to diagnose what is causing this.ThanksPete

My problem is as follow - We have accounts i need to disable direct logon but enable the user to su to the account first. This is done for audit and accountability purposes. Any help is appreciated.

I've got a SunFire 280R running Solaris 9 that I thought was in good shape, but I just noticed that it takes forever to logon when trying to ftp to it. I normally use Samba for file transfers to this machine, and I guess I've never ftp'd to it since I installed the OS. Anyway, I don't ...

we're raw getting raw cdr files. I need to convert in to excel file. we're using sun os 8.0. can anyone help me regarding this.Advance thanksbala

Hi.I'd try to setup an telnetd with Kerberos-V auth under solaris 9 x86. I installed the SEAM-Package and edited pam.conf and inetd.conf:ktelnet authrequiredpam_krb5.so.1acceptortelnet stream tcpnowait root/usr/krb5/lib/telnetd telnetd -a userBut if i try to telnet to the box (the telnetd, kdc ...

Hi,Have a SunBlade 2000 running Solaris8 as a standalone. Boots normally, but when starting CDE, the screen flashes a few times, then the following message is displayed:****************************************************** The Xserver cannot be started on display ...

I am a developer in charge of 5 development servers:Server 1: Ultra 60 running SunOS 5.6 with a Sun DDS2 tape drive (hold 1 tape)Server 2: Ultra Enterprise 450 running SunOS 5.6 with a DLT7000 tape drive (holds 8 tapes)Server 3: Netra 1405 running Solaris 2.7Server 4: Netra 1405 running Solaris ...

Hello,I'm running Solaris 8 on an Ultra 5 and I'm getting errors every time I try to compile something. I've looked through the logs and it seems that I am missing a binary named 'as'. I've been trying to find out what package this is part of but I've had no luck. I did a find on my ...

Hi, I'm having problem that only root can login to console.What to do if want normal user also can logon from console.

Hi,I was wondering if any one could help me. I have a Sun Enterprise E220R with a Sun GigaSwift 1000mb/s Ethernet card. I am trying to install Gentoo Linux for SPARC on the machine and although the operating system boots and runs fine, it doesn't pick up my GigaSwift card. I have compiled in ...

How do you create raw files in Sun Solaris 8 or 9? Its more than just using the touch command right?Thanks, Mark

Hi,How to create raw partitions during solaris 9 installation, i have seen installation creating file systemon all partitions by default.i want to use some space from OS(system) disk (70gb) to use for our database(raw disk).Regards

Can't seem to get individual MAC addresses on different interfaces.background:Ultra-2 w/ built in hme0 and additional SBUS le0 interface.hme0 is for file server access, le0 is for web server, on a switched network.(trying to keep the bandwidth spread out between the two interfaces)Sol-9, w/ ...

I am running Solaris 8 on an Ultra 10S.My /var/adm/messages file is getting flooded - a few every second - with messages like the following:telnet/tcp: bind: Address already in useprinter/tcp: bind: Address already in useftp/tcp: bind: Address already in useRe-booting does not help. Is this an ...

Hello All,I have an ultra 80 that was shutdown but it was still plugged into the outlet when my basement got flooded. I dried it out and tried to turn it on but the power supply did not turn on. I am thinking about changing the power supply but I am not really sure this is going to fix the ...

I have a web server (running iPlanet) that will be getting replaced in the next few months. It is running Solaris 8.My /usr slice is sitting at 99%. Currently the slice is 2G. I have moved as much as I can think of off the drive (like apache) and had it down to 97% but it has creeped back up ...

I have searched high and low looking for instructions to set a dual-homed Solaris system (X86 or SPARC) in a bridge mode. It is very important to me to resolve this. My alternative would be to use a Linux system for this problem.

Hi,I have a Sun 250 I need to re-install Solaris 2.9 and I need to determine the subnet mask. Is the subnet mask for this box 255.0.0.0? if not what is the correct subnet mask.Thanks, MarkThe ifconfig -a info is below: ifconfig -alo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu ...

HI,I have a Sun 250 box and it has a RAID configuration as follows:df -k shows this:/dev/md/dsk/d90103562712 88931173 1359591287%/u01metastat d90 shows this:$> metastat d90d90: RAIDState: OkayInterlace: 32 blocksSize: 210430374 blocks (100 GB)Original device:Size: 140287552 blocks (66 ...

while running multiple rcps; seeing rcp idle while viewing top. this is a Sun Fire V240 NFS server with Gigabit fiber to the switch. SOLARIS 5.9 Generic_112233-11 NFS server. Trying to rcp multiple files to multiple machines, but seeing only 4-6 active rcp (sending data) while > 6 are ...

Hi,I have a Sun 250 box with 6 - 36g drives? The box already has Solaris 2.9 on it - but I need to re-install 2.9 from scratch. I did not setup this box originally.The format layout is as follows - on the box now:AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:0. c0t0d0 <IBM-IC35L036UCDY10-0-S23C cyl 36313 alt 2 ...

Hello,I have a 36 gig drive with the fomat as follows:Volume: sys2Current partition table (original):Total disk cylinders available: 36313 + 2 (reserved cylinders)PartTagFlagCylinders SizeBlocks 0swapwu0 - 42494.00GB(4250/0/0)8389500 1 unassignedwm4230 - 95415.00GB(5312/0/0) 10485888 2backupwm0 ...

All,I need assistance with a file execution issue. Basically I have a need for an ordinary user to shutdown the Ingres database services. To do so I wanted to create a simple script that calls the "ingstop" command for the user.I've created a file called /tools/shutdown that looks ...

All,I need to restore some archive data from tape however when attempting to read the data back from the DDS4 media I recieve the error:tar: directory checksum errorI've tried to view the contents of the media using the command # tar tvf /dev/rmt/1but get the same error. When the media is ...

I have my v240 connected to an A1000 storage array.The operating system is solaris 9.When i do a probe-scsi-all at open boot prom,the v240 is not able to recognize the A1000.On the other hand if I reset the A1000, i get an scsi bus reset message on the console of v240.Do I need to upgrade or ...

I抳e inherited a decommissioned Enterprise 250. There抯 a 揾ole?in the back where a graphics card used to be. I抦 trying to boot up to see what I have before I use the install CDs to reconfigure the box. I抦 trying to set up a serial console with a cable from the 揂?serial port on the back of the 25...

HiNow that I am running Solaris Express (b69) I am wondering if there is a specific forum for that?Anyway, my Solaris 9 jumpstart profiles seem to work OK for Solaris 10, except for one small problem. Clients dont come up as NIS clients (ypbind is not running). I dont really see or know why ...

I have users using Exceed to connect to Solaris using /usr/openwin/bin/xterm -display 192.168.1.47:0.0. The problem we have is they are able to connect using root even when we have the variable set in /etc/default/login# If CONSOLE is set, root can only login on that device.# Comment this line ...

this is regarding the following script what is [-t 1 ] and do any body have any document that explane thisif grep "^${LOGNAME}$" /etc/multilogins.allow >/dev/nullthen : $LOGNAME is allowedelif [ -t 1 ] && _ttys=`who | awk '($1=="'$LOGNAME'"){print $2}'` &&[ `set -- ...

When users of the Calendar server subscribe to calendars, they get no errors but the Calendar is not added to the list.In the LDAP logs I found an error about updating the user's profile:[08/Nov/2004:11:36:19 +0100] conn=24 op=105 msgId=106 - MOD ...

My predecessor replaced the "change password" page in the NDA. The original page is still at the original location, so I wonder if it was changed in a servlet or config-file (searched, but didn't find it).Accessing the original page (/nda/change.htm) doesn't work . I'm not sure if it's ...

What is the correct procedure for adding a second Drive to a Netra running solaris 8?I have installed the drive. It will be used as a mirror of the first drive.It doesn't show up under format yet.I have read that I need to boot to single user and do a probe-scsi and then boot -r to reconfigure ...

Hi,I need to create a cron job that runs every 10 mins every day that goes out there and removes all files in a certain dir. (example - /tmp) at a certain time.The certain time is as follows: - if the current time is 4pm for example all the files that get created 5 minutes before 4pm, which is ...

Hello,We want to use a solaris system to mount several hundreds of iso images.Now I'm wondering if it is possible to mount these images at the same time?For instance linux can only mount 255 images at the same time, which is not enough.

..asking because I'm preparing to replace a few servers ..anyone has an ETA? I can't find one in the main site..

Anyone tried Solaris 10 on an IBM Netvista yet?Installs OK, just can't get it to recognise the network card at all :-(Sean

Who knows if solaris 10 ships with NTP v4?