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Comment on HOW-TO: X11 forwarding using ssh, putty and Xming by Craig

Craig — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:31:08 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for this. Couldn’t get it working until I found your article here.
Used this same process on openSUSE 11.1
To restart SSH I used the command
/etc/init.d/sshd restart

Cheers.

Comment on Zones in Solaris 10: part three – sparse root and whole root by Garry Garrett

Garry Garrett — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:09:36 +0000

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, parts 1 & 2 don’t say how to create a whole root zone either (unless I missed something).

I did eventually find the answer here:

http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/Zones

Essentially, you when you do the zonecfg, and you do the “create”, you pass give it “create -b” (now that was inuititive [sarcasm]). I would think, if you are going to add this anywhere, that you’d want to cover this here, where you talk about whole root vs. sparse root. Perhaps this comment will suffice to help others who are seeking the same answer?

Comment on Zones in Solaris 10: part three – sparse root and whole root by Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:16:18 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Garry! This is part 3 of the series, so have a look at part one and part two for instructions on how to leave these settings out: http://solaris.reys.net/solaris-10-zones-part-one-a-working-example/ and http://solaris.reys.net/zones-in-solaris-10-part-two-types-of-resources/

Feel free to ask if you still need help.

Comment on Zones in Solaris 10: part three – sparse root and whole root by Garry Garrett

Garry Garrett — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:59:16 +0000

Unfortunately, your article leaves out the important bit of information that everyone else’s does – how do you create a whole root zone?

Obviously I want to remove these inherit-pkg-dir settings when I build out the zone, but how???

Comment on Asus A8N-SLI NIC drivers for Solaris by Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:01:23 +0000

Hi Oscar,

it’s been quite some time ago – I have upgraded a few times since then so don’t have neither the motherboard nor the driver anymore.

The post above has the version I had used: skgesol_x64v8.12.1.3.tar.Z, just google this filename up to get more details.

Good luck!

Comment on Asus A8N-SLI NIC drivers for Solaris by Oscar Paz

Oscar Paz — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:19:08 +0000

hello, I also I have the same motherboard. Could you tell me what version of driver got off, or you can send me. Try a driver but not work, if it was not right

Comment on Zones in Solaris 10: part three – sparse root and whole root by marco

marco — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:26:58 +0000

Excellent explanation. Much appreciated. Thank you very much.

Comment on How-To: Installing Solaris with PXE/DHCP by boot server / install server - The UNIX and Linux Forums

boot server / install server - The UNIX and Linux Forums — Sun, 23 May 2010 07:00:31 +0000

[...] platform_group would be i86pc. Beware that the instructions you are following are incomplete and applying to SPARC hardware, not x86 which uses PXE for network booting: Have a look there for a more detailed and suitable procedure: How-To: Installing Solaris with PXE/DHCP | Solaris Blog [...]

Comment on What is Solaris Express by Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:38:31 +0000

Hi Jesper, yes Solaris Express (lately SXDE – Solaris Express Developer Edition) program was discontinued in January 2010, so it’s only OpenSolaris for now if you’re after the latest changes in the OS.

Comment on What is Solaris Express by Jesper Nielsen

Jesper Nielsen — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:44:52 +0000

Solaris Express seems to have disappeared. I can only find references to OpenSolaris, my understanding was that Express was a hybrid between Open and (real) Solaris… Will it be back or has it been discontinued for good?

Comment on HOW-TO: using truss, ldd and nm to observe binary files by Lance H.

Lance H. — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:23:56 +0000

Thanks!!! This tip just made my week. I was able to fix a problem that had the team stalled for over a month in less than a day. I’ve been soaking up the Internals book etc but this tip was clean, quick, and easy to understand. Thanks much!!!

Comment on HOW-TO: using truss, ldd and nm to observe binary files by Ambrose Darwin

Ambrose Darwin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:39:01 +0000

pls give some solution for the problem

Comment on HOW-TO: using truss, ldd and nm to observe binary files by Ambrose Darwin

Ambrose Darwin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:38:31 +0000

hi i am facing similar problem, while using “find” command for a particular user. even afer bounced the server..

i have put
truss find . 2>&1 | tail -20

>truss find . 2>&1
execve(“/usr/bin/find”, 0xFFBEF764, 0xFFBEF770) argc = 2
resolvepath(“/usr/lib/ld.so.1″, “/usr/lib/ld.so.1″, 1023) = 16
open(“/var/ld/ld.config”, O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
stat(“/apps/oracle/product/9.2.0/lib/libc.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) Err#2 ENOENT
stat(“/ljcms650/cognos/cer2/bin/libc.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) Err#2 ENOENT
stat(“/usr/dt/lib/libc.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) Err#2 ENOENT
stat(“/usr/openwin/lib/libc.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) Err#2 ENOENT
stat(“/usr/lib/libc.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) = 0
resolvepath(“/usr/lib/libc.so.1″, “/usr/lib/libc.so.1″, 1023) = 18
open(“/usr/lib/libc.so.1″, O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0×00000000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xFF3A0000
mmap(0×00000000, 802816, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xFF280000
mmap(0xFF280000, 703044, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0xFF280000
mmap(0xFF33C000, 24780, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 704512) = 0xFF33C000
munmap(0xFF32C000, 65536) = 0
memcntl(0xFF280000, 113492, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
close(3) = 0
stat(“/apps/oracle/product/9.2.0/lib/libdl.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) Err#2 ENOENT
stat(“/ljcms650/cognos/cer2/bin/libdl.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) Err#2 ENOENT
stat(“/usr/dt/lib/libdl.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) Err#2 ENOENT
stat(“/usr/openwin/lib/libdl.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) Err#2 ENOENT
stat(“/usr/lib/libdl.so.1″, 0xFFBEF010) = 0
resolvepath(“/usr/lib/libdl.so.1″, “/usr/lib/libdl.so.1″, 1023) = 19
open(“/usr/lib/libdl.so.1″, O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0xFF3A0000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0xFF3A0000
mmap(0×00000000, 8192, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xFF390000
mmap(0xFF390000, 2638, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0xFF390000
close(3) = 0
stat(“/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-880/lib/libc_psr.so.1″, 0xFFBEED30) = 0
resolvepath(“/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-880/lib/libc_psr.so.1″, “/usr/platform/sun4u-us3/lib/libc_psr.so.1″, 1023) = 41
open(“/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-880/lib/libc_psr.so.1″, O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0xFF3A0000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0xFF3A0000
mmap(0×00000000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xFF380000
close(3) = 0
brk(0x000261C8) = 0
brk(0x000281C8) = 0
stat(“/usr/lib/locale/en_US.ISO8859-15/en_US.ISO8859-15.so.2″, 0xFFBEE968) = 0
resolvepath(“/usr/lib/locale/en_US.ISO8859-15/en_US.ISO8859-15.so.2″, “/usr/lib/locale/en_US.ISO8859-15/en_US.ISO8859-15.so.2″, 1023) = 54
open(“/usr/lib/locale/en_US.ISO8859-15/en_US.ISO8859-15.so.2″, O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0×00000000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xFF370000
mmap(0x2F706C61, 90112, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xFF350000
mmap(0xFF350000, 16366, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0xFF350000
mmap(0xFF362000, 10322, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 8192) = 0xFF362000
munmap(0xFF354000, 57344) = 0
memcntl(0xFF350000, 8416, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xFF370000, 8192) = 0
time() = 1271446665
pathconf(“.”, _PC_PATH_MAX) = 1024
stat64(“./”, 0xFFBEED08) = 0
stat64(“/”, 0xFFBEEC70) = 0
open64(“./../”, O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY) = 3
fcntl(3, F_SETFD, 0×00000001) = 0
fstat64(3, 0xFFBEE288) = 0
fstat64(3, 0xFFBEED08) = 0
getdents64(3, 0x000272E0, 1048) = 80
close(3) = 0
open64(“./../../”, O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY) = 3
fcntl(3, F_SETFD, 0×00000001) = 0
fstat64(3, 0xFFBEE288) = 0
fstat64(3, 0xFFBEED08) = 0
getdents64(3, 0x000272E0, 1048) = 240
close(3) = 0
open64(“./../../../”, O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY) Err#13 EACCES
brk(0x000281C8) = 0
brk(0x0002A1C8) = 0
open(“/usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/SUNW_OST_OSCMD”, O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open(“/apps/teradata/messages”, O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open(“/usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/SUNW_OST_OSCMD.mo”, O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open(“/usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/SUNW_OST_OSLIB”, O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
open(“/usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/SUNW_OST_OSLIB.mo”, O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
findwrite(2, ” f i n d”, 4) = 4
: cannot open write(2, ” : c a n n o t o p e”.., 14) = 14
.: write(2, ” . : “, 3) = 3
Permission deniedwrite(2, ” P e r m i s s i o n d”.., 17) = 17

write(2, “\n”, 1) = 1
llseek(0, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 88586
_exit(1)

Comment on Oracle Sends a Strong Message about Sun Microsystems by Mike Reys

Mike Reys — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:40:30 +0000

I can see from the inside that things are moving in the right direction, and we might expect results sooner than expected.

Comment on Shared-IP and Exclusive-IP in Non-Global Solaris Zones by Herve VELASCO

Herve VELASCO — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:36:32 +0000

Hello,
I have a severe issue on Solaris Zone with IP exclusive.
Any help would be greatly appeciate.

I let you see my configuration:
# zoneadm list -cv
———–
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP
0 global running / native shared
1 server01 running /zones/server01 native excl
2 server03 running /zones/server02 native excl
3 server02 running /zones/server03 native excl
4 server04 running /zones/server04 native excl

# zonecfg -z server01 export
———–
create -b
set zonepath=/zones/server01
set autoboot=true
set ip-type=exclusive
add net
set physical=bge1
end
add device
set match=/dev/bge0
end

#cat /zones/server01/root/etc/rcS.d/S01network.exclusive
———–
#!/sbin/sh
case “$1″ in
‘start’)
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge0 plumb up # LAN ASTRIUM
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge0:1 plumb up # LAN ASTRIUM
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge0:1 inet XXX.XXX.XXX.34/23

/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1 plumb up # LAN PRIVE
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:1 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:2 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:3 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:4 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:5 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:6 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:7 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:8 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:9 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:10 plumb up
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:1 inet YYY.YYY.YYY.106/24
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:2 inet YYY.YYY.YYY.107/24
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:3 inet YYY.YYY.YYY.108/24
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:4 inet YYY.YYY.YYY.109/24
/usr/sbin/ifconfig bge1:5 inet YYY.YYY.YYY.110/24

;;
*)
echo “Usage: $0 { start }”
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
—————————————-

Each zone and global zone shares bge0 and are on the same subnet
Each secondary zone has exclusive control on secondary interface for private network.

There isn’t any problem to communicate with computers on the LAN (outside global zone) but it’s impossible to communicate (TCP/UDP/ICMP) beetween the zone.

traceroute don’t find the way:
# traceroute server01
traceroute: Warning: Multiple interfaces found; using XXX.XXX.XXX.117 @ bge0
traceroute to server01 (XXX.XXX.XXX.34), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 * server-master1 (XXX.XXX.XXX.117) 1068.500 ms !H *
2 *
3 *
etc….

Comment on DTrace: mod_auth_pam and apache2 by Tim

Tim — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:30:48 +0000

It appears that you can use the “broken_shadow” flag with pam_unix.so to have it ignore any errors when trying to open the shadow file.

Comment on How-To: Installing Solaris with PXE/DHCP by peter@netzwerk

peter@netzwerk — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:16:53 +0000

Does my mac adresse change if I upgrade my computer with some other hardware? For example change the graphic card?

Comment on DTrace: pid provider by Arnoud Buzing

Arnoud Buzing — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:15:09 +0000

Is it possible to have multiple pid probes like so (if you want to monitor two or more processes):

#!/usr/bin/dtrace -s
#pragma D option quiet

pid$1:::entry {
printf(“%s:%s:%s:%s\n”, probeprov, probemod, probefunc, probename);
}

pid$2:::entry {
printf(“%s:%s:%s:%s\n”, probeprov, probemod, probefunc, probename);
}

Comment on Changing hostname in Solaris by solarisadmin

solarisadmin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:30:52 +0000

thank you for your blog from all solaris admins =)

Comment on DTrace: pid provider by Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:41:52 +0000

Thank you for pointing the broken links out, just fixed them!

Comment on DTrace: pid provider by Gleb Reys

Gleb Reys — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:41:32 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Pas! Great to have helped!

Comment on DTrace: $target macro variable by DTrace: pid provider | Solaris Blog

DTrace: pid provider | Solaris Blog — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:40:54 +0000

[...] DTrace for our investigation, we’d probably use the $target variable (I’ve already spoken about it in the past) or simply specify the process identifier (pid) in some predicates of our probes, thus [...]

Comment on DTrace: pid provider by sabbahillel

sabbahillel — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:24:40 +0000

You said:

Quite ofter we’d like to know what happens to a particular process on a system, and if we’re using DTrace for our investigation, we’d probably use the $target variable (I’ve already spoked about it in the past)

This link is no longer available.

Comment on DTrace: pid provider by sabbahillel

sabbahillel — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:09:25 +0000

You said
“We already know how to get the list of all the probes known to DTrace. I’ve explained it a while ago.”

This link is no longer available.

Comment on Changing hostname in Solaris by Teemon

Teemon — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:26:15 +0000