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  1. BVSJ

    syslog.conf for AIX

    We are looking for a good syslog.conf on AIX 4.3.2 and higher. When we put the following entry, every few minutes it writes to the log file for rpc.statd entry and then file become very large with in a day. We are rotating the file once it becomes 3 MB to avoid /var getting full...
  2. BVSJ

    Memory !!

    FTP the ibmperftool from folloing site. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/perftools/perfpmr get the Zipped, tared file for your AIX versio under /tmp. Unzip, untar and then run to get many information on your system. BV
  3. BVSJ

    utmp error

    You need to initialised both /etc/utmp and /etc/utmpx. They should start updating simultaneously. I generally carryout the following command and all works fine. > /etc/utmp ; >/etc/utmpx BV
  4. BVSJ

    Unable to change password

    when you have such problem, try running following command as root. It will take few minutes before it finishes. #pkgchk -f This will fix many system's permissions and symbolic links to original, which are altered by some 3rd party software and broken OS patches.
  5. BVSJ

    Sun Solaris 2.6 vs. Sun Solaris 2.8

    Missed on prvious post. man mount_nfs is very much discriptive on this on Solaris 8 as well as Solaris 9.
  6. BVSJ

    Sun Solaris 2.6 vs. Sun Solaris 2.8

    Solaris 2.6 is having NFS version 2(NFS2) while Solaris 8 uses NFS version 3(NFS3). When NFS was 1st developed in the '80s, UDP was chosen as transport protocol for LAN. Later in early '90s they developed a "transport independent" version of RPC which supported connection-oriented...
  7. BVSJ

    NIS installation problem?

    Read through your Makefile under /var/yp and find out where it is lookgin for the hosts and group files ? Look for PWDIR, YPDIR, YPDBDIR, ALIASES under Makefile.
  8. BVSJ

    Rename Workspace

    As our Sys Admin Visitor mentioned above, you need to save the CDE / Openwindow setup. On CDE, do following, after you have carried out all your customisation. Right click mouse out side of any window. Select "Application Manager" which will popup a new window. Click on...
  9. BVSJ

    Can Some Please Explain Diff: SunOS and Solaris

    SunOS is the only UNIX while Solaris is the whole bundle of UNIX, CDE, Openwindows, NIS etc. SunOS 5.8 means Solaris 2.8 or Solaris 8. So you are correct, SunOS and Solaris are same thing when you talk only UNIX.
  10. BVSJ

    How do I combine two 9Gb drives and Make them look like one 18G

    You will either need to have Sun Disksuite, which is free with Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 or buy the Veritas Volume Manager. If this is not higherend server, then Sun Disksuite works good. Make sure to have right version and patches match for respective Solaris version. There may be other...
  11. BVSJ

    Solaris 8 install headache

    I had similar problem with Solaris 7. I will never use older hardware to install Solaris 7 or 8 using Installer CD. Boot PROM always look for the boot block in the biggining and when you use installer CD it creates Swap file system starting at 0 block. Take Solaris 8 software CD 1 of 2 and...
  12. BVSJ

    Installing new external scsi tape drive

    Hope you have carried out all test for hardware working. Try .. boot -r if your on OK> prompt If you have already booted the system and do not want to shutdown your system then as root, carry out following commands ... drvconfig;tapes;devlinks It will take about 20-30 seconds before you get...

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