I have created symbolic links to several frequently used commands, for example:
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Hi, I have a task to search for a file called 'Xstartup' in the whole system because there might be different versions of it which overrite eachother.
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Using Solaris 9 and 10.
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Hi all,
Is there any system wide limit on number of user threads. I only find nkthread as a tunable parameter,apart from the `per process limit`. (1 Reply)
Hi,
I need to look for a config file (ldap.conf) and pick the latest modified file.
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Dear Fellows;
As being new to linux, i have tried to synamically load a custom library which overrides some system calls like conncet(), socket() etc.... for custom purposes.
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We need to have many of our users all send encrypted files to a single FTP server. The problem, if I understand how encryption/decryption works (which I don't), is that each user would normally have their own private and public key. The other end needs to be able to decrypt the file(s) using a... (6 Replies)
When looking for wherever a program or a filename appears in the system, a short scrip is "findinner" which another script calls with a long parameter list consisting of path names ending with ".sh" or ".menu". "findinner" looks like this:
# If not .savenn file, show name and result of grep.
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getpw
getpw(3C)getpw(3C)NAME
getpw() - get name from UID
SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION
searches the password file for a user ID number that equals uid, copies the line of the password file in which uid was found into the array
pointed to by buf, and returns 0. returns non-zero if uid cannot be found. The line is null-terminated.
This routine is included only for compatibility with prior systems, and should not be used; see getpwent(3C) for routines to use instead.
NETWORKING FEATURES
NFS
This routine is implemented using (see getpwent(3C)) and therefore uses the Network Information Service network database as described in
passwd(4).
RETURN VALUE
returns non-zero on error.
WARNINGS
The above routine uses which causes it to increase, more than might be expected, the size of programs not otherwise using standard I/O.
Obsolescent Interfaces
is to be obsoleted at a future date.
AUTHOR
was developed by AT&T and HP.
FILES
/etc/passwd
SEE ALSO getpwent(3C), passwd(4), thread_safety(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
TO BE OBSOLETED getpw(3C)