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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dtrace
dtrace(7D) Devices dtrace(7D)NAME
dtrace - DTrace dynamic tracing facility
DESCRIPTION
The dtrace driver provides the dynamic instrumentation and tracing facilities for the DTrace software, as well as the built-in dtrace
provider. The dtrace driver is not a public interface and you access the instrumentation offered by this provider through DTrace tools such
as dtrace(1M). Refer to the Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide for a description of the public documented interfaces available for the DTrace
facility and dtrace provider probes.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWdtrp |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Private |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO dtrace(1M), libdtrace(3LIB), attributes(5)
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