I changed the filename to "passwd2" because I wasn't sure what impact this would have on my /etc/passwd file.
The dtrace script has hopefully no impact in the target file.
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Was I supposed to run fake_inode.d from within /etc?
From anywhere you like.
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I created fake_inode.d and passwd2 inside /data, and ran the script from there. It has been saying this for a while:
This is the expected output. You should leave the script running for the inode renumbering hack to persist.
As Bartus11 already stated, just use another terminal to experiment with you program expecting a large inode number.
Hi,
If inodes need to be 3-4 times greater than fd.file-max. Can you modify the current inode in the filesystem? Can you modify it on the fly? Or only in the creation of FS.
I'm using redhat ent 4.
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LEARN ABOUT OSX
sigdist.d
sigdist.d(1m) USER COMMANDS sigdist.d(1m)NAME
sigdist.d - signal distribution by process. Uses DTrace.
SYNOPSIS
sigdist.d
DESCRIPTION
This is a simple DTrace script that prints the number of signals recieved by process and signal number. This script is also available as
/usr/demo/dtrace/sig.d, where it originates.
Since this uses DTrace, only users with root privileges can run this command.
EXAMPLES
This samples until Ctrl-C is hit.
# sigdist.d
FIELDS
SENDER process name of sender
RECIPIENT
process name of target
SIG signal number, see signal(3head)
COUNT number of signals sent
BASED ON
/usr/demo/dtrace/sig.d
DOCUMENTATION
DTrace Guide "proc Provider" chapter (docs.sun.com)
See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs may include full worked examples with ver-
bose descriptions explaining the output.
EXIT
sigdist.d will sample until Ctrl-C is hit.
SEE ALSO kill.d(1M), dtrace(1M)version 1.00 Jun 09, 2005 sigdist.d(1m)