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booting problems on solaris
Post 26046 by lealyz on Saturday 10th of August 2002 01:41:14 AM
08-10-2002
booting problems on solaris
When i try to boot my solaris 2.6 E220R server, i get this error message
> INIT: cannot create /var/adm/utmp or /var/adm/utmpx
>INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:" "
>INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:" "
INIT Single User Mode
Press Ctrl-d for normal boot process or enter roots password for system maintenance.
Now when i do either of the last sentence above, nothing happens, it appears to hang.
I used the solaris cd to boot to single user mode using
boot cdrom -s
with the intention of running fsck on the /var files system where the utmpx file recides. But when it boots to root prompt-single user mode with cd , i am unable to type successfully. Any letter i type just keeps running on , repeating it self like;
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffssssssssssssssssssssssssscccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkk........etc.
Please how do i get out of this mess? I really need a quick response, it's my mail system.
> INIT: cannot create /var/adm/utmp or /var/adm/utmpx
>INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:" "
>INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:" "
INIT Single User Mode
Press Ctrl-d for normal boot process or enter roots password for system maintenance.
Now when i do either of the last sentence above, nothing happens, it appears to hang.
I used the solaris cd to boot to single user mode using
boot cdrom -s
with the intention of running fsck on the /var files system where the utmpx file recides. But when it boots to root prompt-single user mode with cd , i am unable to type successfully. Any letter i type just keeps running on , repeating it self like;
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffssssssssssssssssssssssssscccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkk........etc.
Please how do i get out of this mess? I really need a quick response, it's my mail system.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
wtmpx
utmpx(4) File Formats utmpx(4) NAME
utmpx, wtmpx - utmpx and wtmpx database entry formats SYNOPSIS
#include <utmpx.h> /var/adm/utmpx /var/adm/wtmpx DESCRIPTION
The utmpx and wtmpx files are extended database files that have superseded the obsolete utmp and wtmp database files. The utmpx database contains user access and accounting information for commands such as who(1), write(1), and login(1). The wtmpx database contains the history of user access and accounting information for the utmpx database. USAGE
Applications should not access these databases directly, but should use the functions described on the getutxent(3C) manual page to inter- act with the utmpx and wtmpx databases to ensure that they are maintained consistently. FILES
/var/adm/utmpx user access and adminstration information /var/adm/wtmpx history of user access and adminstrative information SEE ALSO
getutxent(3C), wait(3C)wait.h(3HEAD) SunOS 5.10 22 Feb 1999 utmpx(4)