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I have written a basic script to ftp files from a local machine to a remote one and put it into a crontab to automate the process as the directory has more files added to it. I also have a cron which...

Thanks for the tip Tony but it didn't work. I even went to the point of deleting the nsswitch.conf file and rebooting (which should both kill the ypbind daemon and remove any system state info) and I...

Thanks for the 2 replys lads.

The nis server (master) is machine 1, the sun client is machine 2, and the hpux client is machine 3. The password file having the entries made to it is on machine 2...

has anyone any thoughts on the previous entry in this thread ?

This has actually made me think a bit more about the passwords situation for NIS on SUN and HPUX. I did a bit of digging and it brought up more questions

From what I could see in the man pages...

Are you saying that the ability to login using this "loaner shell" is OS dependant and not configurable ??

In response to you're question the HPUX has the following entries

+::0:0::: in the...

I have a query in relation to a couple of machines I have set up. We will call them machine SUN and HPUX and they are running those operating systems respectively. The SUN machine is acting as an NIS...

Thanks lads. It worked a treat.

I think I may have put this in the wrong forum earlier

the script that follows is an extract from a post someone gave as an answer to a question on ftp within a script


/usr/bin/ftp...

could someone tell me if the line in the script below for passing the username as clear text should be as follows. If my username is henrik and my password is celtic would the line be

user henrik...

I am having trouble with a device connected through a serial port on my sun workstation ( I am running solaris 7).

The seriel device works on an identical workstation running the same o/s version...

Thanks for the guide - I can see what you mean !!

when you install solaris on a sun machine the entries in the system device tree (which can be seen by typing show-devs at the OK prompt) would seem to be unique to the hardware. However is it...

Thanks to all who helped. The combination of posts helped me manage to figure out what I was looking for even if I didn't explain it that well.

Maybe I wasn't being clear but what I am trying to do is untar from one file system to another

E.G.

machine 1 has two file systems. file system A has 2 gigs of space. file system B also has 2...

I have had a similar probelm but did not use the P option. I was looking in the search engine for a solution and came accross this post below.

When I tarred my files I used tar -cvf file.tar file...

Thanks for the info.

I seem to have solved the issue using the doc you mentioned but not quite sure that it should work.

If I am on the server with the tape drive attached the command
...

That command works fine.

It is finding the other remote system. My guess from the error message is that maybe it is looking for a file name as opposed to a device and that maybe I have to modify...

apologies this is in the wrong forum ... would still appreciate the help though

I am trying to do a ufsrestore accross the network and can't quite seem to get the syntax of the command correct. The manual says its possible to do this althought the man pages seem to only refer to...

Thanks - Tried it and its exactly what I am looking for.

Thanks for the reply

When you say public domain do mean mean that its freely downloadable ? If so where do I get it ?

I have a solaris 7 systrem which appears to be running slower than some other identical systems. I need to check out what programs or processes are responsible for this. Is there a quick way to do...

Thanks for the reply but what I am trying to get at is what is the source of the problem and can it be troubleshooted. I am not too concerned with the disk subsequently failing.

Basically what I...

I had an issue with a second hard disk in my machine. I have a sparc station running solaris 7. It was working fine but now it wont mount on boot up and when you try to mount it manually it gives an...