metainit <-- ???

[hawaca]

hi
I am a newbie. i have couple of problems:

1. when i boot my sol-8 a line appears like: metainit: the database cannot be found (something like this)
2. then when i add user it cannot write to /home directory since it gives a prompt that operation is cancelled. and none of the user can log on to the system.
3. i think there is a problem with my putting the partition. would someone please provide some pointers about this problem and also tell me that how do i efficiently partition my HDD ( 40 GB)
thnx

 

[KenCunningham]

The metainit error means the OS cannot find the database(s) it would use if you had partitioned your disk using Solstice Disksuite. If you haven't, this isn't a problem.

By default, Solaris expects you to locate users home directories under /export/home, not /home, the latter usually being a read-only filesystem, which would explain your error. Create your users under /export/home and you should be fine.

See Thread60-543305 for a discussion on partitioning your disk.

Hope this helps.

 

[bsek]

For writing into home directory you have to stop automountd(/etc/rc2.d/S74autofs stop and rename it s74atuofs) then you can write into home directory. It is not recommended to put user home directories under /home.