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Is it possible to specify the tray you would like to print to in AIX? We are using the laserjet 4+ driver. Thanks in advance

Hello, we recently upgraded from AIX 5.2.9 to 5.3.6 and in the process the wtmp file was cleared out. Before the upgrade the system had not been rebooted in a very long time, so i'm curious if the...

Hello, we are making password setting changes effective for all users on an AIX 5.2 system. Specifically requiring users to use at least one special character in their password. Is there a way to...

Yep, I saw that link but wasn't sure if end of support meant end of life. How about a document or site that compares AIX 5.2 with 5.3? I've searched but have been unable to locate anything. ...

Hello, has anyone heard of plans to end of life AIX 5.2? We are currently a 5.2 shop and are bringing in some new servers and are debating using 5.3 on the new boxes. Also, does anyone know of a...

I can install the updated versions of the file sets from the ibm web site but am unable to find the base level install file sets. I have the 5.2 cd's and they are not included on those cd's. The...

hello, we are implementing ip security on several of our aix 5.2-09 boxes and i am unable to locate the prerequisite file sets. does anyone know where i can find these? i have the original 5.2 cd's...

Hello, does anyone have experience with setting up IP Security Filter Rules on AIX 5.2? We need the ability to block access to a certain ip address from our development server and the thought was to...

It is the dtsrc subsystem hat needs to be started. Thanks

Hello, is it possible to connect to AIX with cygwin/X? I have the AIX CDE 1.0 installed but am unable to connect to the CDE from my windows machine via cygwin. I have a Red Hat server that I can...

Hello, I have a Red Hat As 2.1 server and need to make a backup of the entire system, something similar to AIX's mksysb or HP-UX's Ignite, in case configuration changes that need to be made fail. Is...

hello, we have a aix 5.2 server with 8GB of ram. is it possible, without actually removing the hardware, to have the O/S think it has only 4GB of ram? We would like to see how the handles and...

Thanks for the reply, what is needed is a way for a user to be able to ftp into the server, but not telnet/ssh. I was under the understanding that if I set the 'user can login remotely' to false,...

Hello, we are going through a restructoring of file systems and will need to copy the contents of one file system to another box, then a few days later copy it again. Is there a way on the second...

thanks, i was trying to connect via my web browser rather than the client. i installed the client on my machine and it works correctly.

hello, when attempting to connect to an AIX 5.3 wsmserver via my web browser on port 9090 I receive the following error;

Language received from client: GET
Setlocale: C
WServer.HANDSHAKING 50606...

is the nologin shell available in AIX 5.2? I am familiar with the nologin shell in linux and restricting shell access but still allowing ftp etc. Can this be done in AIX? I have not been able to...

when i run uptime as root i get the following result (which is incorrect)

uptime
14:33pm up -176 days, -11:-38, 0 users, load average: 4.59, 4.16, 4.03

when i run it as a normal user i...

I'm trying to compile nmap 4.11 on an aix 5.2 machine and get the following error when attempting the 'make' command;

make
"Makefile", line 1: make: 1254-055 Dependency line needs colon or...

I am attempting to set up bind on an AIX 5.3 machine. I ahve created a named.conf, db.cache (for root domain and hint file) and a db.domainname file for the host entries. However, when I set my pc...

Can you ping addresses by ip address rather than hostname? Can you ping machines on the same subnet, but not other subnets? Also, verify your subnet mask is correct.

what does ifconfig -a show you? Also are you trying to ping by hostname or ip address?

hello, can anyone tell me if the file set bos.cifs.fs allows me to mount a unix fs from a windows machine? We are currently mounting windows share from an aix 5.2 box with no problem using cifs, but...

I'm trying to install TL 5200-08 on an AIX 5.2 box and it is failing due to several prereqs. One is devices.pci.77101223.diag 5.2.0.85, but the prereq for this file set is devices.pci.77101223.diag...

We are using hp's network node manager and would like to monitor quite a few of our aix boxes. It appears that nnm does not have AIX mibs by default. Does anyone know where i can find mibs for aix...