A few weeks back, a user asked me about running an automated task every other week. Though most of us use cron as needed to run those nice little tasks that clean up core files and evaluate the contents of log files in the middle of the night, running a task every other week or …
Tune your system more by disabling all unwanted and unused daemons from running on the system. This can be done by editing the /etc/inetd.conf file and the rc files or directories. Modify the /etc/inetd.conf file and disable unnecessary daemons running on the system. # vi /etc/inetd.conf # # Configuration file for inetd(1M). See inetd.conf(4). # …
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Tune your system more by disabling all unwanted and unused daemons from running on the system. This can be done by editing the /etc/inetd.conf file and the rc files or directories. Modify the /etc/inetd.conf file and disable unnecessary daemons running on the system. # vi /etc/inetd.conf # # Configuration file for inetd(1M). See inetd.conf(4). # …
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Kernel This should be the first file backed up. If it gets deleted you can restore it back. This file is often named /kernel, /unix, or /vmunix. Password File Having a backup of the password file is a good idea, in case the system password file gets compromised. This is the file referred to as …
Listing all the preocess ids: # /usr/bin/ps -ef | sed 1d | awk ‘{print $2}’ Mapping the files to ports using the PID: # /usr/proc/bin/pfiles 2>/dev/null | /usr/xpg4/bin/grep or # /usr/bin/ps -o pid -o args -p | sed 1d Mapping the sockname to port using the port number: # for i in `ps -e|awk ‘{print …
At the very least, collect the following information for each system that you have: 1. Hostname: % hostname 2. Hostname aliases: % grep `hostname` /etc/hosts | awk ‘{ print $3 }’ 3. Host network addresses: % grep `hostname` /etc/hosts | awk ‘{ print $1 }’ 4. Host ID: % hostid 5. System serial number: On …
Squid configuration so that it will act as a transparent proxy Iptables configuration Configure system as router Forward all http requests to 3128 (DNAT) Run scripts and start squid service First, Squid server installed (use up2date squid) and configured by adding following directives to file: # vi /etc/squid/squid.conf Modify or add following squid directives: …
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You need to use dd command to create swapfile. Next you need to use mkswap command to set up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file. a) Login as the root user b) Type following command to create 512MB swap file (1024 * 1024MB = 1048576 block size): # …
This web page is a quick guide on what to install and how to check that EMC SAN is attached and working Solaris Installing ========================================================== Install Emulex driver/firmware, san packages (SANinfo, HBAinfo, lputil), EMC powerpath Use lputil to update firmware Use lputil to disable boot bios Update /kernel/drv/lpfc.conf Update /kernel/drv/sd.conf Reboot Install ECC agent …
To identify processes to kill we need to view the FULL output from the ps command (we use the comm field). But by default we are not able to view full command. So here is the solution.. Solaris : /usr/ucb/ps -awux You may need two “w” options. From ps(1b): -w Uses a wide output format …