I'm new to Solaris. I recently installed solaris 10 11/06 on x86 machine. The OS installed normaly, and after login to Java Desktop, when I press CTRL+ALT+DEL, an error happend. An error said : "There was error running "sdtprocess", Failed to execute child process "sdtprocess"(no such file or ...

Installed open solaris build 62 successfully on Dell optiplex 745. Every thing came up except X. Any pointers or help is greatly appreciated.Here is scanpci results-pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x02 function 0x00: vendor 0x8086 device 0x2992 Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics ...

I want to send unfiltered files directly to a network printer. All the manufacturer and model choices appear to translate print files using ppd. How does one either create a pass-through printer for raw print files or specify lp options to avoid filtering?

Hi.I'm using jass-execute secure.driver to harden one of my zones.Now, I'd like to enable ftp, so I've done:svcadm enable ftpIf I do netstat -a | grep LISTEN I get:*.ftp*.*00 491520 LISTEN*.ftp*.*00 491520 LISTENsvcs -x gives nothingbash-3.00# svcs -a | grep ftponline 15:24:59 ...

Hi,I have installed Solaris 10 on an x86 machine over a serial connection because I needed it running right there and then and the video setup gave me major headaches. Now, with the immediate task at hand accomplished, I would very much like to take another stab at setting up X, but I can't ...

i have a global zone called zia and two non-global zones called theta, pheta.both theta and pheta zones are owned by the same customer. I adding the /export/home filesystem to both of the zones. i can create a user fine in each zone with the /export/home directory from global. when i cd into ...

Hi all:I installed Solaris Security Toolkit 4.2.0 in Solaris 10 x86 system.When I run "jass-execute -h" from "/opt/SUNWjass", it shows"jass-execute not found". How can i run JASS from a terminal?Any body can help?Thank YouFrank

Howdy,While reviewing our device groups today, I noticed that cldg is reporting a metaset we deleted quite some time ago:$ cldg status=== Cluster Device Groups === Device Group Status Device Group NamePrimarySecondaryStatus--- webdg-- Offlineshellset snode2snode1Onlineapacheset -- ...

Hi, sporadically a ftp client can't sent data to my solaris 10 system. On server side following message apear:Unable to fork inetd_start method of instance svc:/network/ftp:default: Resource temporarily unavailableWhat can i do to avoid the problem? Is there a switch in solaris 10 to increase ...

An Ultra 4 solaris server I support has generated the following log entry by the syslogd process that I cannot find any other info about.There are no obvious memory or cpu problems and the error does appear to have fixed itself from the log entry but I need to know what could have triggered ...

I'm currently writing a module for Cfengine to enable and disable services via SMF. However, a particular service isn't necessarily installed on every system (e.g. we don't install CDE on servers so services like "cde-login" won't exist). Is there a recommended way to test for the existence ...

I am having to replace my harddrives after a major failure and would like to get some advice on a new layout.Machine is a Sun Blade 2000 with 2 new 73gb 15k FC-AL drives. I will be installing Solaris 10. I know Solaris 10 can use ZFS and Zones but I don't know enough to know how to set this up ...

hi, i have a few servers running apache with the following configuration:V240 4gb ram3.7 gb virtual swap (1gb disk backed + 2.7 ram)running: Solaris 8 HW 12/02 s28s_hw1wos_06a SPARCCopyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Assembled 12 December 2002kernel patch:117350-25several ...

I am having a Solaris 10 box with 2G Ram. After the system is up for 20 days or so, the system gets very very slow. And doing "mdb -k" with "::memstat" give me the following,> ::memstatPage SummaryPagesMB %Tot- - -Kernel 251153 196297%Anon 105480%Exec and libs44430%Page cache 4200%Free ...

Hello all. I am experiencing some kind of wierd problem here. My time zone is GTM-4 and checking the timezone with the TZ shows it, as well as date, /etc/timezone and whatever. Problem is, when using mailx to send mail, the field Sent: is set with an offset of eight (8) hours !! .. for example, ...

Hi,I've bought a sunfire 280r off of ebay, but the security mode is set to full. If I replace the IDPROM with another one (PN 525-1788) would that fix the issue, or do I have to send the board to sun to be cleared?Thanks,chepati

Dear allAny body have taken Sun Cluster 3.2 Beta exam (FREE) exam , i am interested to know how was the experience , it is diffcult/easy ? http://www.sun.com/training/certification/cluster_beta.xmlRegards

when i're install packages , system report: pkgadd error :no packages found in <dir >used command:#pkgadd -d . or #pkgadd -d <dir > pkgname

I installed J2SDK 1.3.1_20 on Solaris 9 server using self extracting binary (.sh) file. Now, when I use java command it goves following error:bash-2.05# ./java -versionError: failed /usr/j2sdk1_3_1_20/jre/lib/sparc/client/libjvm.so, because ld.so.1: ...

Does solaris allocate shared segments (ipcs -m) from the physical memory or virtual memory (swap) is also considered? - In other words, given 8G physical memory on a server with 20G swap and nothing running on a server, will I be able to allocate a 12G shared memory ...

After the below recommended patches I'm not able to boot up my Solaris 10 machine. Below is the error message:/kernel/fs/sparcv9/devfs: undefined symbol 'fs_acl_nontrivial'WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'devfs'(Can't load devfs) Program terminatedList patchs appplyThe following ...

im newbie in solaris, i want to install my printer to solaris, i've already download and try step by step configuring CUPS in http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/submitted/install_cups.htmlbut CUPS is still not working, there's an error when command : /etc/init.d/cups start , the error is : ...

Hi all,I am new to solaris. I'm facing file ownership problems when NFS Share/Mount a drive.Please read the scenario below for more detailsI have two solaris boxes which have solaris9 installed on both.I have NFS shared and mounted a file system as followsHost1Shared a folder /sharedFromHost1 ...

Hi all,I am new to solaris. I'm facing file ownership problems when NFS Share/Mount a drive.Please read the scenario below for more detailsI have two solaris boxes which have solaris9 installed on both.I have NFS shared and mounted a file system as followsHost1Shared a folder /sharedFromHost1 ...

Hi All,I've been trying to install Solaris 10 onto my machine:Tyan Thunder K7X (AMD 760MP Chipset)2x AMD Athlon 2400+2,5 GB MemoryAdaptec 2100S Raid ControllersWhen the installation CD boots, you see a couple of dots appearing, then some text shows which quickly disappeared while the machine ...

I have Solaris 10 6/06 installed on x4100 box with 2 node clustering using Sun Cluster 3.1 8/05. I just want to know is there any latest patches available for the OS to prevent cluster related bugs. what are they? My kernel patch is 118855-19.any inputs needed. let me know.

pkg-get (version 3.7.2) reports:Connecting to ftp.ibiblio.org:21... connected!Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD pub/packages/solaris/csw/unstable/sparc/5.10 ... done.==> PORT ...Invalid PORT.Giving up.There are multiple repetitions of this exchange. I ...

I need to install patch 114344-25 on a Sun Sunfire V120. On reading about the patch install it states other patches needed are 112233-12112912-01115683-02 (or greater)I have 115683-03 installed on this sever.Do I need the first two patches (112233-12 & 112912-01) as well?Thanx in advance ...

What are the neccessary changes do i need to make on solaris 9 box in order to see the Solaris 9 screen on my Window XP desktop. I have enabled the following setting such as ./dtlogin -daemon enableBut still it keep XDMCP timed out.Any body has any idea about ...

Hi.. I want to install solaris 10 on my laptop. I have TOSHIBA A105-S4021 model. can i install solaris on my laptop. please reply any one have idea about this..!

Hi Team ,We have two interface configured in our Solaris 10 Server.One is configured to public address and another interface to Private address.We have started the senmail, but sendmail listening in public and privte address.I want to listen sendmail in private interface only. Please let me ...

Hi Team ,I going to prepare for the exam Solaris 10 OS Security Administration. At present, I not having proper document. I am also searched the web sites, but i didn't find. Please let us know URL for the documents.Regards,R. Rajesh Kannan.

Can I use HPC Cluster Tools 7 on a Pentium D computer?On the Sun website it says it supports only opteron processors.I installed it, however I wonder if it will work.For HPC Cluster Tools 6 it says it supports x64 processors.Is the Pentim D a x64 processor or is it not included in this category ...

Solaris 10 Install Hangs at 15% on my HP DL 585I have taken out all the additional extra cards so I am left with the basic box, it has been configured to run in Raid 1 so my four disks become two.I can still get it to bring up a shell and do other things, but the installer just appears not to ...

I have a problem when running a QT 4.2.3 application on Solaris 10 with the XSun xserver.(Sun Ultra 25 with Solaris 10 with a XVR-100 card).When scrolling vertical from bottom to the top in almost everyscrolled area derived classes the contents of the windowis not correctly updated. For example ...

HelloI have two server with solaris 10 on vmware nodeon this server I connect single storage Is possible create and share this storage with zfs file system?I must create with sun cluster nfs server with HAIs possible this configuration?TanksMessage was edited by: ...

Hi, I could able to find out the epoch seconds for particular date in linux using date -d 'Apr 2 2005 15:31:17' '+%s' But I am looking for the commands in solaris which does the same work. I will be thank full if some one could help me. I tried to do manual......but epoch seconds that I get ...

Hi all!!This is my first post here... I hope to find an answer... :DI'm a new sys admin of two Sunblade 2000. My knowledge about solaris is poor. I have a problem with Solaris 9 and grapichs.When I lunch various applications, the colour of these application are incorrects. For example, when I ...

Why am I getting "at: bad time specification" whenever I try at command?I tried the following and a couple of variations:at -f myExecutable -t 10:11Everytime I get the same error message.May I know the exact syntax of at ? I am using Sun OS ...

hi,please, can anybody tell me what would happen if i install the following Solaris 10 SPARC patch to my Solaris 9 SPARC sunblade 100? http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=120460the reason i would like to install this patch is to fix the bug that i reported ...

I came across this platform with the intention of finding an OS that would not drain every ounce of memory I have. I currently use XP Home. I run Audio software that taxes my computer to no end. My Q: is. Which OS is compatiblewith XP Home? Is the software that I currently run on XP compatible ...

patch "114312-01 - CDE1.5: GNOME/CDE Menu for Solaris 9" is listed as "Recommended" on this GNOME patch list page: http://www.sun.com/software/star/gnome/patches.xml but when i tried to download patch 114312-01 from http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/pdownload.pl?target=114312-02&method=h i ...

Environment:2 node, failover cluster running SC3.1u4 on Solaris 9Hi,Can anyone tell me how I can monitor my cluster via snmp without having to use SMC?RIght now, we have the sun-cluster-mib.mib loaded into a mib browser. We cannont get snmp to respond at all.Is there a way to get this to work ...

We are going through a PCI compliance audit. The auditors are saying that solaris zones are not pci compliant and that we cannot use them. Period. I was wondering if Sun had any insight into this, and possibly how to go around it. I am not happy with the company doing the audit and am not ...

Dose solaris has server software so I get set up it on a server ?

I installed 121230-02 using Update Manager, and afterthe reboot, the mouse had stopped working. Running'patchrm 121230-02' got the mouse working again.

Yeah, I'm sure you've seen this topic before, because it came up quite a few times over my past week or so of googling. Yet despite all that, I still can't get my network card to work.A couple detais: Solaris 10, x86, installed on a basic Dell machine. Motherboard networking (3Com ...

Hi AllI need to invoke cluster commands from c/c++ code and parse the output to retrieve neccessary fields e.g status to be used in program.e.g#cluster statusI need to capture output and use it in c/c++ code.Does any one have tried to use new cluster 'cl' commands from c/c++ ...

Hello,The current version of flash player for Solaris is 7.0.67.0. For Windows it is 9.0.45.0. What gives? Is Adobe just giving up on Solaris? Now, in Firefox and Mozilla for Solaris, imbedded videos on web pages such as www.nytimes.com will not display, apparently due to the ancient version of ...

We're currently using Veritas VM and Snapview clones to present multiple copies of our database data to the same host. I've found that Veritas doesn't like multiple copies of the same disk group being imported on a host and found a way around this. My question is: does zfs have this problem? ...