Solaris is a Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems (currently owned by Oracle) as a rebranding of SunOS 4.1.x in 1991.
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System got stuck, cannot return to console
I am using Solaris on a Sun Netra 240 box. In the ok prompt I ran init 3 by accident, and now the system is stuck and I can't write anything. I have access to the ALOM prompt, but when I run a console ...
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How do I change file associations from the command line?
The system in question is Solaris, using the Gnome type interface (Java Desktop Environment). We have occasional issues with users managing to mess up their file assocations (most notably .tif). ...
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How to enable (format) a disk in SunOS then add it to a DiskGroup?
SERVER # vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
c1t0d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid
c1t1d0s2 auto:none - - ...
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Using grep -v on multiple arguments
Is there a simpler way to do this?
grep -v foo file | grep -v bar
There're probably very elegant ways to do it with egrep, but how to go with plain old grep?
EDIT: grep -v 'foo\|bar' file seems to ...
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Solaris swap allocation with mlocked shared memory
I'm having a hard time understanding how Solaris 10 x86 swap allocations work in the
presence of mlocked share memory.
I wrote a small program that:
Gets a 1G SHM segment (shmget)
Attaches it to ...
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ssh tunneling a local display to another server
I have a GUI test stand simulation connected to some hardware that is under test. The test stand is a Sun Sparc Ultra 2 SunOs 5.7. The simulation software checks to see if your running your display on ...
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On Solaris 7 Box trying to get X Record Extension Library to work using x11vnc
Does Xsun support this extension? Im on a Solaris Sparc Ultra 2 SunOs 5.7. x11vnc version: 0.9.9
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Arg list too long error while using find
I have the find command as follows:
find /jobs/logs/* -prune -name '*.log' -type f -mtime +1 |
while read LOGFILE
do
echo $LOGFILE
done
This is failing due to the following ...
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Solaris equivalent for depth/prune?
I am trying to find some files inside a directory. By default, the find command is searching the directory which I have specified and it's sub directories.
I tried to use depth/maxdepth and prune, ...
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How can i view the contents of a tar.gz file (filenames + filesize)
I cannot use tar -tz as the solaris version I'm using does not accept the -z option.
I tried something like gunzip file.tar.gz | tar -tv but that only gives:
tar: /dev/rmt/0: No such file or ...
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Solaris service status and dependencies
I'm creating service manifests for MySQL and a WebLogic service that depends on the MySQL service. I want all of them to use the management model "wait" (run a process in the foreground). I have some ...
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What OS should I install on old Sun Blade 1000 / Sun Blade 2000 workstations, and how should I do it?
I was given some nice old Sun UNIX workstations, Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000. These are UltraSparc machines running Solaris 8 (which, with regard to all questions below, is useless because the ...
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dual boot solaris with ubuntu?
I have installed Solaris on my x86 machine (taking 100gb of 500gb). Now I have installed Ubuntu on the system (in another 100gb).
I want to make primary OS as Solaris. I know setting have to be done ...
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How can I make PuTTY compatible with Solaris?
I'm connecting to a Solaris machine from WinXP using PuTTY.
When I try to use the NumPad keys for editing a command in Bash (Home, End, Delete) a ~ character is instead printed to the console. ...
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Shell scripts Linux -> Solaris conversion guide
I've developed a few Bash scripts on a LFS system which should now be made to work on a minimal installation of Sun Solaris 10. Is there a guide somewhere with at least some general tips for ...
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When does UNIX “defrag”? (specifically Solaris)
On Windows, there is Disk Defragmentor that runs every so often to make files contiguous again.
I explain this to users in lay-men terms, but at the same time, I would like to mention yet another +1 ...
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Starting a service during startup
I've created a service for an application, and I want this application to be started on boot. In the service manifest, I realize that there's a property for this (enabled="true"), but I've been ...
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To study SPARC executable structure with OpenSolaris on Intel [closed]
I want to study and compare executable file structure of elf, SPARC and PA-RISC.
To perform the studies I want to install OpenSolaris on an Intel machine (Core2Duo). But I got a basic doubt will it ...
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Problem installing software in UNIX (Sun Solaris)
I am new to UNIX. I have some software which need to be installed in UNIX.
I have below the list of OS provided by a third party software provider. Can anyone help me out: which OS Software will be ...
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How can I get a copy of /var for SunOS 5.5.1
I had a problem on my SunOS 5.5.1 installation, so I tried to restore from a backup. After the restoration completed, /var was empty. I have another workstation with the same OS. How could I get a ...
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Comparing two directories in different servers
We copy our production code and data files to a testing server on a weekly basis.
It can take hours, and sometimes it hasn't finished.
What is the best method to confirm that the directories have ...
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How to lock on Solaris 10?
On Linux I use flock lock command to execute a command with an exclusive lock.
What is the standard operating system command of Solaris 10 to do the same in a shell?
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/usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed
I tried to compile a c file to get object file from unix shell prompt
$cc a.c
but the error is as:
/usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed
How to compile c file?
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Why does this password fail AIX and Solaris rules
Had to reset my password on a couple of client servers today, and despite following the rules I get the message "Your password failed to meet: minimum of 2 non-alphabetic characters" back from the ...
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Difference between “/export/home” and “/home”
In our UNIX machine my home path looks like /home/<userid> and we have another batch user whose home looks like /export/home/<userid>
I want to know whats the difference between ...
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imaging/cloning with DHCP network rebuilding/recovery of solaris 9 and 10 sparc servers [closed]
I have a number of Solaris 9 and 10 sparc servers (no RAID) that are custom DVD jumpstarts provided by SONUS Networks for their softswitch VOIP products. The normal install process would be to use the ...
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Solaris 10 boot from cd-rom
I am trying to start up my solaris server using the newly downloaded iso written on a CD.
The iso name is sol-10-u9-ga-sparc-dvd.iso
When we started the server, logging in as root then tried to boot ...
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How to run commands in batch mode over ssh?
How can I run commands in batch mode over ssh? That is, what is the ssh command's equivalent of sftp -b <filename> <hostname>?
I have a set of commands which I wish to run across a set of ...
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Add new user in solaris
I tried to add a new user in solaris 10, but got an error:
$ useradd -g oinstall -G dba -d /export/home/oracle oracle
UX: useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files. See pwconv(1M).
I ran pwconv, ...
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stty: : Invalid argument
I am telnet-ing into a Solaris machine and I'm getting the above error with my scripts. I realize this is a common problem, and the solution is to check for the line 'stty erase ^H' within my profile, ...
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How to find the machine from which a user logged into current machine using ssh?
In a multi server architecture, is it possible to find out from which machine a user logged into current machine using ssh?
For example, user1 logged into host1. From there, the user logged into ...
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Obtaining Solaris 10 patches
I have a Solaris 10 server. I've been trying to find from where I can download patches/updates.
The specific bug I'm running into (http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6551484) is ...
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What is SSH - the protocol and what is ssh - the utility?
What is SSH - the protocol?
What is ssh - the unix utility and how does it work?
How is SSH protocol related to SFTP?
What is sshd?
Does the command su use ssh or sshd?
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Installing individual packages from Solaris .iso
I need to update the following packages:
SUNWjaf
SUNWjato
SUNWjmail
I read that the updated versions of these packages can be found on the latest version of Solaris, and that it's possible to just ...
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How to trace a process to original user?
Say, on a Solaris server, user1 logs in, switches to someother user, say sruser, using su - and then starts a process of id X. And then another user user2 logs in, switches to sruser the same way and ...
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How to change default log location of SMF registered processes
I am trying to change default log location ( var/svc/logs/) of each and every SMF registered processes and append to particular file (/opt/smf.log).
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ps command not giving output in home directory
I am logging into a solaris server, switching to bash, then switching to another user "sruser" and switching to bash.
/home/batch/sruser/ is the home directory of the user "sruser".
The issue is ps ...
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What is the minimum version for liblgrp support on Solaris
What is the minimum version of Solaris SunOS that supports liblgrp?
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Does Solaris have an equivalent to /etc/ld.so.conf?
I compiled a package for Solaris 11 Express that has some library dependencies, which I also compiled from source and installed in the usual /usr/local. (And Solaris doesn't even have /usr/local ...
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Is knowing Linux required to learn Unix
Is it required to know Linux to learn other Unix. I don't know Linux but I am planning to learn Sun Solaris.
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Can't register or update Solaris 11 Express
Trying the x86 live CD, installed it on a VirtualBox virtual machine, network connectivity and guest additions are OK.
The "Register" link (which they imply is needed to get updates) gets me to an ...
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Missing Xutf8LookupString call in Solaris 10
I'm trying to run a program in Solaris 10 that fails due to the lack of Xutf8LookupString function.
It is a well-known issue but I'd like to know a way to "skip it".
Would defining a different ...
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Using nohup on Solaris 10
I need to transfer a large number of files over SFTP (only between Solaris servers) which takes a very long time. I cannot keep my PC on for this duration. I tried:
nohup sftp server1
While the ...
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Solaris find previous log line
We are running solaris 10 at work. What I'd like to do is find the line previous to another line.
Real live example. I can find out that some of our requests are timing out with the following query.
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How can I get a full process list in solaris, without truncated lines?
Is there a way to generate a full process listing in solaris, without truncated lines? I've tried the ps commmand, with the following arguments:
-f Generates a full listing. ...
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Creating a UNIX account which only executes one command
Is there a way to create a user account in Solaris which allows the users to run one command only? No login shell or anything else. I could possibly do it with /usr/bin/false in /etc/passwd and just ...
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Compiling old solaris programs under Linux
I've got sources for a program developed under Solaris in ANSI-C. I am told it was developed around 1996-1997. I'm currently struggling with compiling it under a current Ubuntu. I got pretty far and I ...
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SSH Do not connect even with publickeys installed
I'm trying to connect two servers. I got the id_dsa.pub key from user john from server A and paste into authorized_keys of user mike from server B.
Then I tried to connect from server A to server B ...
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Quantify unix responsiveness
I am one of the n users of a shared unix machine. For reasons unknown, the machine is not "responsive" enough. For example, it is slow on interactive commands, it takes few noticeable moments for any ...
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Shell Script Certification
I'm a UNIX shell script programmer, and I would like to know if there is any certification specific for Shell (bash, korn,etc) programmers.
Also how about CX-310-105 exam to take Oracle Solaris ...
