1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello, I am installing redhat linux 6.2 on an intel based system. Whether i want to know any naming conventions should i follow. ie Any convention to follow to name a linux machine(To give hostname). Simillarly for domain name also. Please suggest in this regard (1 Reply)

2. IP Networking

Using Solaris 8 (or WINXP). I am trying to look up a specific DNS hostname, but I don't know which DNS server houses that entry. How can I find the hostname? nslookup gives me the following: C:\>nslookup hostname Server: dnsserver Address: x.x.x.x *** dnsserver can't find hostname:... (2 Replies)

3. HP-UX

Hello.. I wanted to know how to change IP and Hostname on HPUX system, and I don't want to make it as NIS master either. Could someone tell me the files I need to modify and make sure it's on network? Thanks! :o (3 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello, I am new to Solaris. I am using stand alone Solaris 10.0 for test/study purpose and connecting to internet via an ADSL modem which has DHCP server. My Solaris is working on VMWare within winXP. My WinXP and Solaris connects to internet by the same ADSL modem via its DHCP at the same... (1 Reply)

5. Solaris

I was trying to execute the following command ifConfig -a and after a while my hostname changed to -a I checked /etc/hosts and /etc/nodename all seems to be correct. 1. How my hostname changed to -a ? (What i could have done wrong) 2. if you type hostname where does solaris read... (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am writing a script and need to get the hostname of the remote server in order to zip that file... the syntax in which the file is named is "hostname.html." This is the line I am trying to use ssh $host "/bin/gzip /tmp/`hostname`.html" >> $PATH_TMP/Linux_cfg2html.log but whenever I run it... (26 Replies)

7. Emergency UNIX and Linux Support

Hi All, So we added a new HP-UX 11.31 machine. Copied OS via Ignite-UX (DVD)over from this machine called machine_a. It was supposed to be named machine_c. And it is when you log in...however when I'm in the ILO console before logging in, it says: It should say: What gives? And how do... (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

// AIX 6.1 pcmpath query device |awk 'BEGIN{print "TYPE\tDEVICE NAME\tSERIAL\tSIZE"} /DEVICE/ {disk=$5 printf "%s\t", $7 printf "%s\t", disk getline; printf "%s\t", substr($2, length($2)-3) ("bootinfo -s "... (2 Replies)

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

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10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, i'm trying to gether multiple pattern on remote hosts, and trying to print hostname and the pattern, ssh remoteserver1 -C 'hostname 2>&1;cat /var/log/server1.log | awk -F ";" '"'"'{ print " "$2" "$5}'"'"'| sort | uniq -c | sort -g -r ' The output is the following, remoteserver1 ... (8 Replies)