1) In /etc/syslog.conf, add the line: daemon.debug /tmp/daemon.log 2) # touch /tmp/daemon.log # refresh -s syslogd 3) Modify your inetd.conf so that ftpd is called with the “-l” flag. You may also want the “-d” flag. This can be done with ‘smit inetdconf’. All the syslog messages from various system daemons should now appear in […]
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AIX logs messages as specified in /etc/syslog.conf. Here’s an example # *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;user.none /dev/console *.err;kern.debug;daemon,auth.notice;mail.crit;user.none /var/adm/messages lpr.debug /var/adm/lpd-errs *.alert;kern.err;daemon.err;user.none operator *.alert;user.none root *.emerg;user.none * # for loghost machines, to have authentication messages (su, login, etc.) # logged to a file, un-comment out the following line and adjust the # file name as appropriate. # # if
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Note: If you are a /usr server, do not use this because the files mentioned below are needed by /usr clients and cannot be deleted. Installp creates numerous files in /usr to clean up after failed/rejected installs and also for de-installing uncommitted lpps. Once you have COMMITted packages you can remove these files safely. Depending
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1) create a paging space to use temporarily mkps -s 20 -a rootvg 2) change default paging space hd6 so it is not used at next reboot chps -a n hd6 3) For AIX 3.1, edit /etc/rc.boot4 and change swapon /dev/hd6; for AIX 3.2 and 4.x, edit /sbin/rc.boot and change swapon /dev/hd6 swapon /dev/paging00 3a)Since
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You can use SMIT as described below or simply use lsattr/chdev. The former will list the current setting as in: # lsattr -E -l sys0 -a maxuproc maxuproc 40 Maximum # of processes allowed per user True and you can then increase the maxuproc parameter: # chdev -l sys0 -a maxuproc=200 sys0 changed If you
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In order to fsck /usr, it has to be unmounted. But /usr cannot be unmounted because /bin is symbolically linked to /usr/bin. Also /etc/fsck is symbolically linked to /usr/sbin/fsck. To work around this, when you boot from the boot/maintenance diskettes and enter maintenance mode, enter “getrootfs hdisk0 sh” instead of “getrootfs hdisk0” where hdisk0 is
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You can run fsck either in maintenance mode or on mounted filesystems. Try this: 1. boot from CD or tape 2. select maintenance mode 3. type /etc/continue hdisk0 exit (replace hdisk0 with boot disk if not hdisk0) 4. fsck /dev/hd4 Original post blogged on b2evolution.
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The best way to fix this problem is to fix the programs which are causing the behavior in the first place. The short answer is to call software support and ask for the “UTMPFIX” collection of PTFs. Virtually all of these problems should be fixed in the 3251 PMP and the only one I’ve been
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Use smitty, the standard curses version or add this line to your .kshrc file: alias smit=”smit -C” Original post blogged on b2evolution.
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Many of the messages from the Unix commands are available in different languages. This is controlled by the LANG environment variable, the default being En_US meaning English in the US. All the default messages have a message number associated with them, e.g.: $ cat no-such-file cat: 0652-050 Cannot open no-such-file. If you prefer the terser
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