Can you change the size of an existing slice? I need to change partition 5 from 4.00GB to 8.00GB. Partition 6 is not in the vfstab file.Disk 0: Partition 6, Filesystem: /u02partition> printCurrent partition table (original):Total disk cylinders available: 24620 + 2 (reserved ...

Hi all,I have a sun fire v880 machine running solaris 10, i need to set an email server using postfix+mysql.I already installed myql and its working fine. but when trying to build postfix with mysql i get a compliation error, here's wts going on: bash-3.00# make makefiles 'CCARGS=-DHAS_MYSQL ...

Hi, we have a big problem at our site. The folks that handle the smtp gateway set it up so that it rejects email from an unknown domain.i.e. root@hostname.domain. The gateway does not recognize hostname.domain. If I could configure sendmail on our unix servers to send only user@domain, then the ...

Issue:When I create a flash archive (flarcreate) for our customer's Sun Blade 150 system, if I include the SunPCi III disk drive image files, these two files will fail out. The flar will be created and useable - except for the SunPCi image files are left out.H/W I'm using:Sun Blade 150 with ...

hi,I'm running solaris 10 (Generic_118833_17) on a Sun Fire V240. I was able to connect using putty to this server via ssh. When I tried this morning I received "server unexpectedly terminal the connection" message from my machine.I tried to do "svcadm restart ssh" on the server console but to ...

Is there any command to view the memory used bythe process and kernels ?We are on the Solaris 8 and 9.Thanks.From,PT.

Remote root login to solaris 10 (patch level May or so this year) fails. You are prompted for the password three times and afterwards "Permission denied ..." is returned. Commented out the "CONSOLE=/dev/console" entry in /etc/default/login file like described in the man page for "login" in ...

We have BSM enabled on our Solaris 8 boxes. We have OpenSSH version 3.8.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7b.When the crontab file is edited, "crontab -e" and saved using the SSH login, the crontab auditing feature will not allow cron jobs to run. Error messages received in the /var/cron/log give error for the ...

Hi,Let say I have a Volume created within a diskgroup on a specific LUN.How can I sync it with another volume on another LUN so that the new one is synchronized with the first one?upon successfull attachment and synchronization I want to de-attach the second and back it up to tape for ...

I did a backup test, found the HP DAT72 Tape Drive just can backup 36GB data. The transfer rate about 3MB/s, so it looks like no harware compressd, but I don't know how to enable it, could anyone please tell me? Thanks in advance.

I want to add a user with a previlege that root has. The OS is Solaris 10 on x86 platform. Could some body please help me ? And how do i do this from command line and aswell as from GUI ?Appreciate for help.thanksravi

Hi,I'm trying to encapsulate and mirror the root disk with VxVM.I saw a script on the net with the following lines:/usr/sbin/vxconfigd -k -m disable/usr/sbin/vxdctl init/usr/sbin/vxdg init rootdg/usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxencap -c -g rootdg rootdisk=$ROOTDISKDo you know why lines 1-2 are needed if ...

I have two harddrive WinXP on one and Solaris10 on the other The only way I can switch OS is by going into the Bios and changing the drive sequence.I have tried editing the grub file menu.listand it just either returns me to the menu or hangs thereCan anyone give me some ideas on solving the ...

When I run top command on my unix machine (SunOS 5.9 Generic_112233-04 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880) , it shows the idle time as 1.0% (and keeps changing in the range between 1 and 2%).But when I run mpstat command the idle time for each processor is shown as 40 plus . Why is there such a huge ...

Friends,I have some doubt in 搈ailx?Command.My requirement is: I扐ll included "mailx" command in some scripts for Critical warning msg or space Check scripts, that will send a mail to particular domain user. For example if /var mount point above 80% that script will send a message to particular ...

Dear Experts,please i need your help.I have sendmail filling up a lot of space in /var/log/syslog with such messages:Nov 2 03:19:43 server1 sendmail[4879]: [ID 801593 mail.info] kA22nhfo001366: to=postmaster, delay=00:27:21, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=218718, relay=[127.0.0.1], ...

When would you choose Orca over SRS Net Connect to collect and graph system performance data?Thanks,sysglen

Hi,I've postfix installed with virtual domains support using mysql , courier imap, courier maildrop and spamassassin on a solaris 10- sunfire v880 system.It looked like everything is working fine until i found out that i can telnet to port 25 on the server and use the EHLO, MAIL FROM and RCPT ...

Gurus,I have a Sun Fire V890 with 4x1.2G(dual core) and 16G Memory to serveas proxy server,recently,I found the system calls is much higher thanthe user calls by monitoring system usage via "mpstat",as(in part):CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl 0 1803 3213 ...

hi,i need help with write shell script. I have on disk some file with name: file01.jpg, file02.jpg, file03.jpg...file99.jpg. In disk have directory with name 01, 02, 03...99. I need script with mv funcionality to moving file01.jpg to directory 01, file02.jpg to directory 02... t is beyond ...

Hi,we installed latest pathches and Packages for soalris10 x86 on Sunfire X4100 Server.after finishing the patch, we can't able to work this commands "mv , cp" command is not working.Error1:# mv hariganesh /optld.so.1: mv: fatal: libsec.so.1: version `SUNW_1.2' not found (required by file ...

Controversy abounds.Some say the best layout is to put everything under / if so, will a Solaris 10 server crash if / fills up? Will Linux servers crash under the same circumstance?Others say break out /usr, /var/, and /opt.Then there's the question of which slices and cylinders to use for ...

HaiCould anybody help me to setup the dns in solaris 9.0.I recently install one solaris9.0 in that i want to configure a dns (DNS server) Please sent the steps how to configure DNS server in Solaris 9.0RegardsSolarisTeam

Can any one tell me the steps of DHCP in solaris 9.0Waiting for the response

Hello,''Does any have or does anyone know where Installation Procedures for the Trusted Solaris 8 are kept/hidden.Hate to reinvent the wheel....Even a small part would be helpful....Dennis K.Thanks

Hi I am trying to run two web servers in one box.I have Apache 2.0.54 in my sun box with Sun 10 OS on x86.What i need is, i want to run one more instance of Apache completely independent of the original one.is it possible to create one more apache instance completely independent ?if so ple ...

HiIs there any way to limit the users that can log into Solaris 8/9 remotely?I want to stop access as the oracle user so that su'ing in enforced. The only way I have found this to be (indirectly) possible is to implement RBAC. AIX 4.3 + supported this feature, is there a way to do it without ...

We are running Solaris 8 on multiple V480 servers. There are several Network Monitoring applications loaded (HPOV, CISCO WORKS, SERVICEonDATA) in addition to Remedy, BrightStor etc, etc, etc.I have a SYSADMIN background with HP- HPUX 11.x. I would regularly reboot every 30 days or so to clean ...

I would like to know if there is way to stop/restrict anonymous binds via IP, if so I need some detailed directions because I am new to The Solaris platform and also the Sun Directory Sever. Thanks.

Hi,I keep seeing this following a command:>& /dev/stdoutWhat does this mean?thx,

My objective is to keep a job running even when the connection is terminated. How to use nohup when running a script?thx

when I issue command 'who', I see a user connecting to the server. Is it possible to send a message to this user that will display on his screen?thx

Currently we have a disk that has been partitioned into s0 and s1.In our vfstab we mount s0 on dir0 and s1 on dir1.E.g.mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /dir0mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 /dir1I was wondering if there are disadvantages to having a single parition s0that contains a couple of sub directories, ...

Hi1. can anyboy tell me which file will give the login prompt?2. What is the path for crontab file?3. Where we have to find the system log after the system crashes?4. How do you view shared memory statistics?Thanks in Advance

Hi1. Which command to find total hard disk space in most Solaris platform? df -k isn't enough.2. How can i find id of a process listening on a specific port.for example If I do a nestat on my sytem> netstat -an | grep 1088610.234.52.64.10886 *.*00 491520 LISTENHow can I know what process id ...

Hi I need to apply patch on my Solaris9.0 Sparc Server could any one tell me where i will get the latest bundles for this Waiting for your responseRegardsSolarisTeam

In my Sun Ultra , i have 2 apache versions. like below.apache apache2I would like to use "apache" on 80, for one web server 1.and "apache2" on 8080 for web server 2.I am able to use apachectl to stop and start "apache", but not "apache2"Not sure what is causing the prob.When i start "apache2" ...

HiIs it possible to configure NIS and DNS server in Solaris9.0 OS sparc server if possible please help meThanks Solaris Team

Hello,Recently, one of our servers Sunfire V240 running Solaris 9.0 OS started acting up by talking too long to respond to command line commands. It would take a couple of minutes to get a listing from "ls" for example. Then a little later we couldn't ssh to it anymore. We had to force to ...

I have samba up and running. I did not conigure swat. On my windows box the solaris machine shows up in the Microsoft Windows Network - myworkgroup. When I try to access this solaris machine, I am prompted for a name and password. At this point I am testing with the root account. The password ...

Hi,We bought Veritas Foundation Suite 5.0.to run on V890 ( Solaris 9)What are the advantage and disadvantages to encapsulate root drive.Thanks.Dilip

Hi,I want to restrict normal user accessing the absolute path say like /etc/default from his home directory like /export/home/user1. He should be able to access only the sub directories under his home directory. Any help on this will be appreciated.Thanks in ...

Hello All,There is a SunFire V210 installed Solaris 8. This box was not used for a couple of months after it once had been terminated abnormally. When it is booted, it displays nothing but a black screen on monitor. It might be set input-device and output-device to ttya, so it is connected with ...

Hello,we're running two e4500 with 12 cpu and 12 gbyte ram. Is there a way to prevent the sun to reboot after a memory error?The system-file is configured to allow detachment of modules:set pln:pln_enable_detach_suspend=1set soc:soc_enable_detach_suspend=1set ...

Hallo, I must mounted a server on the sun solaris, but I'm not an expert and I have some problem. I used://server/folder - /point of mounted - smbfs - defaults,uid=20,gid=20,username=pippo,password=topolino,timeo=14,intr 0 0But the machine don't see the server..... Can you help me, ...

Okay, coming from an HP environment where if we zoned and masked new disks to a host we did this to see them...ioscan -fninsf -eBingo, can see and talk to new disks, and use them, all online, no reboot required.How do I do this in SUN, solaris 10 mostly, although 8/9 steps are helpful too. ...

I have a log file that I want to rotate eac day without keeping old copies. how to achieve that using logadm?thx

HiWhen I traceroute to a PC from Solaris 9 SPARC system, it is going through an IP which supposed not to.This unwanted IP is not given in/etc/default/defaultrouter or/etc/rc2.d/s76static-routesWhere else I have to check? Please advise.

Greetings,I'm running into a problem that I suspect might be caused by a security patch on SunOS 5.8. I have several scripts that grep the output of "/usr/ucb/ps awwx", in order to identify the PID for several java processes. Unfortunately, this does not appear to be working any longer- the PS ...

Hi I have SunFire e450 machine and want to install Samba. I am trying this for the first time and I have downloaded samba-latest.tar.gz and when I cd /u01/solaris_patches/samba-3.0.23d/source./configureSAMBA VERSION: 3.0.23dchecking for -fPIE...checking for gcc... nochecking for cc... ...