1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a script that deletes obselete users from /etc/passwd then moves their home directories to another location. After 30 days, I need to delete the home directories that were moved to the new location. I would appreciate any ideas on how to delete the directories after the 30 days? (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all I need help finding a process that is continuing to create files in the above area. There are three sub folder titled addr q.local and msg . I have already found a process called mmdf running and have used the kill command to stop this from running. I have also looked for sendmail or... (12 Replies)

3. Solaris

I know that how to backup the home directories in sun sparc server. Firstly, umount the filesystem, Secondly, fsck the filesystem, Thirdly, ufsdump the filesystem. Anybody know how to type the full command line backup the /home directory? (1 Reply)

4. Programming

Gday all In a program I am designing, I am using opendir() to test whether entries under a certain directory are sub-directories or not. This method works fine for the directory itself (.) and the parent directory (..), however it does not work for any sub-directories I manually create. i.e.... (5 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All, Could someone help, am a complete beginner when it comes to UNIX. However I have been tasked with investigating automatic creation of UK unix home directories. Is someone able to help? Thanks in advance! (7 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello I have some directories and files created under /export/local/user I would like to delete directories only under /export/local/user, created before 3 days Can someone help me with command to do this task? Thanks (4 Replies)

7. HP-UX

Hi, At my new company they use HP-UX on all the servers. They use Serviceguard to provide different packages, which are treated as if they where seperate systems. Therefore people log into packages instead of Host, and even the home directories live in the package. Now there are a different... (4 Replies)

8. Solaris

root@solaris11express:/home# useradd -d /home/oracle oracle UX: useradd: ERROR: Path must not start with '/home/'. and the user oracle is not being created... (2 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am trying to create Oracle user. I will install oracle after that. But my problem is /home/oracle directory is not being created. bash-3.2# useradd -g oinstall -G dba,oper -d /home/oracle -m oracle cp: /home/oracle: Operation not applicable chown: /home/oracle: No such file or directory ... (3 Replies)

10. Emergency UNIX and Linux Support

Hi all, So I have created two Centos machines. One is configured as a NIS master and the second is a NIS cleint. The NIS configs are all working perfectly. I created a user nisuser on NIS Master and I can use it on the client. BUT it doesnt show a home directory . Ive been told there is... (9 Replies)