The smit or smitty panels are the System Management Interface Tool and are just helpful panels to complete tasks that you can do on the command line, if you know how.
Is there a specific subject area you are trying to understand? e.g. network definitions; user management; system backup; console assignment; disk allocations ...... etc.
I will add : SMIT is GUI ( X11...) smitty is vtXXX text graphics and expects to have a window size equivalent to a terminal ( 80 X 25? I forgot now.. columns X lines ) So I really think that smit is a better option for someone new to AIX as smitty is really helpful when you know its shortcuts, without its more complicated... e.g.
good luck and welcome
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Reason: wow my english... pffff, and typos and missing words, I was really bad that day...
i'm using smitty to create user...what happen is it prompt me "failed" with error
3004-703 Check "/etc/security/login.cfg" file.
3004-691 Error changing "shell".
3004-703 Check "/usr/lib/security/mkuser.default" file.
3004-721 Could not create user.
3004-703 Check... (13 Replies)
In "smitty mktcpip", the last item you can change is the "START Now". Does any one change this to "yes" when setting the IP? If so, what agrument would you use to convice others to use it also? (1 Reply)
Hello everyone
I have a question.
Its possible to type smitty mksysb using sudo ?
I have a partition and install sudo I create a user for use sudo.
I make a test with sudo and command line for the mksysb and its ok
sudo mksysb -i /dev/rmt0 and I can make my mksysb.
My question... (1 Reply)
In the several backups we do, we do a "smitty savevg" on about 15 different servers at the same time. Typing all the options on the savg screen is kind of long.
Is it possible to invoke the "smitty savevg" backups as command line (aix 4.2) but using all the options we always enter ?
It would... (1 Reply)
hi all:cool:
was just wonderin..by the way im new here..hi all:D...was just wonderin if i smitty fs backup a file system to tape if the permissions and ownership of the files and dir are retained?:confused:
o.s is AIX 5.3L
thanks all (12 Replies)
Hello
I need to make a mksysb, I try with smitty but I get the next message
0512-017 mksysb: Cannot write to the device /dev/rmt3.
Either write protected or in use.
My tape are ready to write ( dont get protection)
I use the clean tape
and I try with other tapes but I... (6 Replies)
I want to change my ip by not using smitty, could please help me and what to edit files. So that everytime i will restart my server it will not change. (10 Replies)
I have a couple systems that are acting strangely. In 'smitty tcpip' everything is displayed twice. Even going into the submenus (like minimum configuration and startup) everything is displayed twice. Has anyone seen this? Know how to fix it?
Thanks (3 Replies)