1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

how do i set the system date and time? i know i have to be root to do it but i'm new to unix--really new--and some of this stuff seems really cryptic. thanks for any help.:confused: (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Tru64 (4.0D) How to change the time zone setting for the system? Sanjay (5 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How can an automated script be setup to run at a later time in the day. cron runs recurring tasks. I am interested in a one time process. I want to back up a number of files whenever I make changes to an application and ftp for backup purposes. The script to automate the zipping of files has... (1 Reply)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am trying to change the time on a Sun Solaris System, but I am having some difficulties. I thought by accessing the clock icon in the CDE would allow me to change the time. Also when I clicked the help icon I still could not fine any information. (1 Reply)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, We have a generic login id :- ship1 . There can be any number of sessions for this login ID. I'm working on a way to log off idle sessions ( not logins) . I searched the forum and found TMOUT. Is it at login level or session level ? ( looks like it is at login level) But I added it to... (2 Replies)

6. Solaris

Good day to you all. I have a server (running on SunOS 5.8) that i always got into via telnet. I have eventually decided to block telnet access to it and instead look toward using SSH. The problem is, whne i establish the SSH connection via PuTTy, i get the "Log in as" prompt, but upon... (5 Replies)

7. Solaris

Hi All I need to set timeout of login session of a user if a user is idle for some time. I know the TMOUT setting but it work with only BASH & KORN shell only as I need to set for Bourne shell also. I am trying to put "ClientAliveInterval 300" in sshd_config & restart or refreshing the... (1 Reply)

8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Below code runs n number of session at a time when called. I want to restrict it to run only for 3 sqlplus at a time. Is there a way to do the same. for name in `cat abc.txt` do (sqlplus -s usert/password@host <<-EOF>> error.txt SET LINESIZE 1000 select '$name',... (4 Replies)

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, How can I find out the login and logout time of the old UNIX session/user?. (2 Replies)