HP-UX

Hi there,
I am building an HP UX 11 server (first time) and I'm trying to mount the CDROM with SAM. What am I supposed to enter in the "mount directory" box?
Also, I can't ftp to the server due to a logon failure. I used root id and password. I deleted the file in the /etc/ftpd directory but still no luck.

Thanks

I don't know about your CDROM problems. For FTP, normally one cannot ftp as root. Check /etc/ftpusers, and you should see "root" in the list. If you want, take it out, but when you're finished, put it back. Leaving ftp open to root can be hazardous to your security.

Quick question...is the CD drive built in...attached to another system...or external USB connected?

Also, I'm assuming you're using the web interface? You should probably be doing this through the MP console using ssh...not ftp...if it's a brand new box there is a default login id and password to get into the MP. It should be on a private subnet within your network...assuming we're talking about a server and not a workstation.

It's a lot easier using the MP console.

You are talking of the CDROM on the server right?

Code:

# ioscan -funC disk|more
Class     I  H/W Path       Driver   S/W State   H/W Type     Description
==========================================================================
disk      0  0/0/1/0.3.0    sdisk    CLAIMED     DEVICE       HP      DVD-ROM 305
                           /dev/dsk/c0t3d0   /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0
disk      1  0/0/1/1.2.0    sdisk    CLAIMED     DEVICE       HP 36.4GMAN3367MC
                           /dev/dsk/c1t2d0   /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0

In my case I have a DVD in /dev/dsk/c0t3d0 so:
In HP ( PA-RISC anyway...) you would find a directory for this usage in / :
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 96 Feb 26 2002 SD_CDROM

And so you would:
mount /dev/dsk/c0t3d0 /SD_CDROM

I never tried using SAM since Im next to the server when having to put a CD...

Just tried in SAM...
works the same:
in Peripheral Devices -> Disks and File systems, choose the CDROM and the Action ->mount
in the new widow give the correct mount point (/SD_CDROM) but check you do have the selected mount point on your system

If it's an external cd rom drive...make sure it's not a Pinnacle or Fujitsu brand...I spent 2 days in *#@&^$ trying to chase down a bizarre crash issue with a server I was working on...called HP support and they spent a day trying to figure it out...ended up being an incompatible cd drive...

If running an ioscan doesn't make the server recognize the drive...try restarting the server...I'm just assuming you're using an external drive on and Integrity server...perhaps a blade or ???

Hi there,

Yes my CDROM is on the server and for the CDROM problem I had to unmount in SAM then use the umount (unmount did not work even though that is the command mentioned in HP site) command and then remount it with the command line.

For the FTP problem I had to create a new user and use him to ftp my files. Don't know why root could not ftp but you are right in saying he should not be able to ftp so maybe root is blocked somehow. I had a UNIX admin from work help me with that and he just gave up due to time restrictions so when I get more time I'll try to figure it out.
Anyway my task was to build the server, configure it for remote login from 2 different domains and MP, get the db admin group to install Sybase complete with a database, copy over some scripts from dev group which will update some database tables and tell client workstation where to find the files needed to work with the application as a test before it gets run on the production machine. What a nightmare for a Windows guy!
BTW - do any of you know the command to launch the gui with HP UX 11?


Thanks for the help people..it was much appreciated.