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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/etc/vfstab in Solaris 11
I would like to mount a folder from the remote server 10.12.13.2.
When I type
Mount -F nfs 10.12.13.2:/username /remote/username
The folder username gets mounted in the directory ...
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filesystem image mounted with lofiadm looks smaller than expected
I have a .gz file and I'd like to see the content of it. I used lofiadm to mount it.
lofiadm /backup/file.gz ->> returned /dev/lofi/1
mount -F ufs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
Then I checked the content ...
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What's the best way to backup files via network on Linux and Solaris machines?
I wonder what the best way to backup files VIA network
I have Solaris machines with Oracle 10i with VERITAS cluster, machines are connected to EMC storage
/data/oracle directory is mounted on the ...
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Studio 12.3: language optional software package not installed
I installed the Solaris Studio 12.3 on Solaris 10 OS but when I check the version but it is showing below result. It is installed under /opt/SolarisStudio12.3/bin so why wrong path is coming. I ...
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Autofs home folders from solaris 11
I'm having trouble since 2 days with autofs.
I have a Solaris 11 Server.
There I share the folder /export/home with the following command:
share -o rw -d „Freigabe von /export/home“ /export/home
My ...
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Use all system memory in Solaris
I am doing server testing and intentionally trying to crash a virtual Solaris server by using all memory. Server has a ulimit of 15 GB (several hundred GB of total system/swap memory). Is there a ...
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Browser fails to reach any host on Solaris 8
I'm running Solaris 8 on a Sun Ultra 2 connected to a Verizon router. nslookup seems to work (it finds google.com) but the existing browser (Netscape 4.76 - yes - it's very old) fails to reach any web ...
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Network bandwidth measurement on Solaris
I want to install pathtest or a program like it in a Sparc server running solaris 10. The purpose is to make a speedtest server to my remote sites.
It is mentioned in pathtest FAQ that it only ...
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Jboss application startup and shutdown asks for password. Howto automate with init script?
Jboss application startup and shutdown of BMC-IDM asks for password (called keystore password, some Java stuff).
Howto automate with init script?
Stop application
> stop_idm_suite.sh
Suite ...
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ls and vim color on SunOS 5.8/Solaris 8
I want to use ls and vim with color on Sunos 5.8
SunOS 5.8 Generic_117350-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500
I have installed ls (GNU coreutils) 6.9 and vim 7.2
In ~/.cshrc:
setenv TERM sun-color ...
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Solaris 11: How to use ILB to create HA loadbalancer across two backend servers?
I'm attempting to use Solaris 11's ILB to create a loadbalancer across two backend DNS servers. Here's my requirements:
Two external IPs: .XXX.YYY, .XXX.ZZZ - these are the DNS IP's that our clients ...
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Installing GnuPG on Solaris -— failed
i have Solaris
SunOS 5.10 Generic_147441-01 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
trying to install GnuPG on it
i have referred these sites for it
http://gnupg.org/
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What is the equivalent of /usr/share/misc on Solaris?
The Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard has the following to say:
This directory contains miscellaneous architecture-independent files which don't require a separate subdirectory under /usr/share.
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Sendmail configuration with user mapping on Solaris
I have the following:
host1.intra.net which has sendmail and users: user1, user2 & user3. It is running SunOS 5.10.
host2.intra.net which has SMTP server. No authentication, no encryption.
Email ...
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How Solaris sub-partitions can be accessed in FreeBSD?
First of all, Linux detects it okay:
sdg1: <solaris: [s0] sdg5 [s1] sdg6 [s2] sdg7 [s8] sdg8 >
But FreeBSD 9.0 does show only main partition. Possibly only Solaris labels for sparc64 is ...
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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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Obtain device name and mount point if partition label is known
How to obtain the partition device name and mount point when the file system
label is known?
There are several possibilities:
Linux
File system label to device name
The device name can be obtained ...
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Storage becomes unmanaged after Solaris and PowerPath upgrade
I have been performing an upgrade for a customer, using Solaris Live Upgrade to go from Solaris 10 update 2 to Solaris 10 update 10 and at the same time upgrade EMC powerpath from [an old version] to ...
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Sending Emails from bash script in Solaris VM
I am trying to send emails using the following bash script:
/bin/mail -s "#subject" "$emailto" < "$message"
It works fine on my local machine but does not work on my VM.
I looked it up and read ...
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ttyb serial port connectivity issues
I am having issues with a device connected to my Sun V440 ttyb serial port. How would I test the connectivity of the port to see if any data is moving across the connection? I am trying to see if the ...
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Discovering EMC PowerPath LUNs and creating partitions on Solaris
I have to work with EMC PowerPath disks/LUNs. I find them in the /dev/dsk/ directory under names such as emcpower0a, emcpower0b, …, emcpower0z, emcpower1a, …
Here are my points of confusion:
Inside ...
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How to obtain X.509 certificate on solaris based server?
I have a Solaris based T5220 server. I'd like to install an x.509 certificate.
What is the procedure to install this certificat? Does that procedure differs from one server to another? i.e. is it ...
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Solaris can't reach DHCP server with VMWare Player
I've got a very creepy problem. 3 days ago I installed some Windows 7 updates. After that my Solaris network has stopped working. I'm working at VMWare Player with OpenIndiana. Everything was okay ...
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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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Setting Up Cross Compiler, Linux x86_64 to Solaris 10 SPARC
I have a student account for a Solaris 10 SPARC server at the university I go to, and I thought it would be interesting to set up a cross-compiling GCC on my home Linux x86_64 computer so that I could ...
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flar archive creation
I'm facing issue, I need to perform a patch of a solaris flar image and all the commands take quite some time to perform it. To avoid me being in front of it I prepared a script that almost works ...
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Comparing the efficiency of Network Stack of two different Operating Systems
I want to compare the efficiency of Network Stacks of two different operating systems(Linux and Solaris) by measuring the amount of resources(context switches, systemcalls etc) that are consumed in ...
