bash-3.00# passwd stfaChanging password for “stfa”stfa’s New password:Enter the new password again: Any time a password needs to be changed, whether by a regular user or the superuser, the passwd command is used. Normally an ordinary user on the system can change his or her own password (but nobody else’s). When invoked, the user is …
The swap command provides a method of adding, deleting, and monitoring the swap areas used by the kernel. Swap area changes made from the command line are not permanent and are lost after a reboot. To create permanent additions to the swap space, create an entry in the /etc/vfstab file. The entry in the /etc/vfstab …
Virtual memory combines RAM and dedicated disk storage areas known as swap space. Virtual memory management software maps copies of files on disk to virtual addresses. Programs use these virtual addresses rather than real addresses to store instructions and data. Virtual memory makes it possible for the operating system (OS) to use a large range …
The file /var/adm/wtmp grows with each login, but is never reduced. The contents of wtmp is used (only?) by the command “last”, which shows, in reverse order, all the logins and reboots that happened since the start of the wtmp file. The file should not be deleted, but the contents can be discarded using the …
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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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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 …
Error : ! c queue max run limit reached Fri May 27 12:39:00 2011! rescheduling a cron job Fri May 27 12:39:00 2011! c queue max run limit reached Fri May 27 12:39:00 2011! rescheduling a cron job Fri May 27 12:39:00 2011! c queue max run limit reached Fri May 27 12:39:00 2011! rescheduling …
How to Check Solaris Kernel bit (32 bit/64 bit) To check if Solaris kernel is running in 32 bit mode or 64 bit from command line run the following: # /usr/bin/isainfo –kv 64-bit sparcv9 kernel modules The output “64 bit sparcv9” indicates that Solaris kernel is running in 64 bit mode. Here is the output …
To enable MPxIO for storage devices, the appropriate information for device-type-scsioptions-list need to be added in the /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf file. 1. Use a text editor to change the configuration file. For example: # vi /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf 2. For Solaris 8 and 9 perform the following steps: a. Change the mpxio-disable parameter to the following: mpxio-disable=”no”; b. Verify …
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