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Frequently Asked Questions for Comp.sys.sun.admin
Last update July 6, 1998
This is a collection of common questions posted to the comp.sys.sun.*
hierarchy.
Please send corrections or submissions to "Rob_Montjoy@ececs.uc.edu".
Mark the Subject as Sun FAQ. Remember lets make this a better FAQ and
that requires submissions and corrections so if you have
an answer to a nontrival question send it to me.
This FAQ is available from ftp.ececs.uc.edu (129.137.8.4)
in the /pub/sun-faq/FAQs. Get the file sun-faq.general.
Also, ftp.ececs.uc.edu mirrors the FSF/GNU stuff from prep.ai.mit.edu
and is available as ftp.ececs.uc.edu:/pub/gnu
Finally, ftp.ececs.uc.edu mirrors the security directory off ftp.uu.net
as ftp.ececs.uc.edu:/pub/security
Other FAQ's that you should check are as follows:
Sun Hardware FAQ edited by James W. Birdsall
ftp://ftp.ececs.uc.edu/pub/sun-faq/FAQs/Hardware/
Sun Managers FAQ edited by John DiMarco
ftp://ftp.cdf.toronto.edu/pub/sun-managers/faq
Sun CD-ROM FAQ edited by Mike Frisch
http://saturn.tlug.org/suncdfaq
Solaris2.x FAQ edited by Casper Dik
An HTML version is available from
http://www.wins.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2/
A mirror of Casper's directory is available from
ftp.ececs.uc.edu:/pub/sun-faq/FAQs/mirrors/Solaris2
which includes the autoinstall pieces.
Solaris2.x Porting FAQ by David Meyer
ftp://ftp.ececs.uc.edu/pub/sun-faq/FAQs/Solaris2.x-Porting-Hints
Solbourne Computer information available provided
by Stephen Dowdy dowdy@cs.colorado.edu via
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~dowdy/Solbourne
A SunOS 4.x Modem Tutorial is available from
http://www.stokely.com/unix.serial.port.resources/tutorials.html
and a PPP/SLIP info for SunOS is available from
http://www.stokely.com/unix.serial.port.resources/ppp.slip.html
Both of these pages have been created by Celeste Stokely
celeste@stokely.com
Finally, you can check at my "alpha" version of a Sun
related Web page at http://www.ececs.uc.edu/SunInfo/sun-tips.html
I try to keep these up to date copies of all these files in
~ftp/pub/sun-faq/FAQs on ftp.ececs.uc.edu (129.137.8.4)
Notes: As of this writing almost all of these questions apply
to SunOS versions up to 4.1.4. SunOS 5.x questions
will start appearing gradually as more people start
installing SunOS 5.x (Solaris 2.x).
I am looking for suggestions on how to split this FAQ into
sections. These sections should follow the comp.sys.sun.*
newsgroups(app, hardware, admin, misc, and wanted) and
section on bettering Sun Security. Basically, what
will end up with is a FAQ on each subject. Each
FAQ will have a Solaris1.x Section, a Solaris2x section,
and a section common to both.
I will probably need some volunteers to help coordinate
this undertaking.. Send suggestion to the usual address.
Some of these questions are out of date and need updating
when I get the time (or maybe a little birdie will do it for
me) I will update them. Thanks.
This article includes answers to the following questions, which are loosely
grouped into categories. Questions marked with a '+' indicate questions
new to this issue; those with significant changes of content since the
last issue are marked by '!'.
Questions
1)! How to get DNS working when not running NIS ?
2) How to get DNS to be used when running NIS ?
3) How to properly setup NFS mounting of /var/spool/mail ?
4)! Can I use AnswerBook under X11R5?
5) What does "NFS write error X" mean?
6)! How do I find the amount of memory installed or other
system configuration information?
7) Where can I get a version of ftp that does logging?
8) Where can one get SunOS patches? Where can I get patch 10xxxx-xx?
9) How to setup Openwindows Calendar Manager in a distributed
environment?
10) Why does the talk command fail between SunOS
and any other manufacturer's equipment (like DEC)?
11) How do I setup "anonymous" ftp?
12) How come yppasswdd does not automatically update the yp maps?
13) What does NFS getattr failed/RPC: Authentication error mean?
14) Why did my Quantum 105 megabyte hard disk stop working?
15) Can I replace the 105 megabyte internal drive with a higher capacity
model?
16) How can I turn my Sun3 into an X-Terminal?
17) Why is my console login prompt garbled or in some strange
alphabet after upgrading to 4.1.3?
18) Why are the "random" missing services at boot time or any other time
(even though the services are in the /etc/services file or NIS map)?
19) Where can I get Data Certified tapes for 4-mm or 8-mm tape drives
(at reasonable price)?
20) What is "archie"?
21)! How do I synchronize time on my Network?
22) What is the phone number for Sun Express and other numbers of importance
to Sun Users?
23)! How do I join sun related mailing lists?
24) How do I use Mac floppies in a SUN drive?
25) How can I transfer floppies back and forth between MS-DOS and Sparc?
26) Why is my biff not "biffing" when using biff in a networked
environment?
27) How do I disable L1-A(STOP-A) or re-map it?
28) Why are all the local users "unknown" when using sendmail under 4.1.2?
29)! What are the dump parameters for an exabyte 8200 or 8500?
30)! What are the guidelines for setting up swap space ?
31) What are the general guidelines for maxusers to be set to on machine X?
32) What does "zsN: silo overflow" mean?
33) What does the "N" in "zsN: silo overflow", and other "zsN" messages,
signify?
34) How do I set up a Sun serial port both for dial-in and dial-out?
35) I can't get my Sun, running SunOS 4.1[.x], to establish a UUCP
connection to some non-Sun machine; it won't log in. What's wrong?
36)! Do the Sun serial ports support RTS/CTS flow control?
37) How do I specify that a serial port should, or should not, ignore the
state of the Carrier Detect line?
38) I put in a new "termcap" entry, or updated an existing "termcap" entry,
for a terminal, but "vi" doesn't seem to know about my change. Why?
39) I have a Type 5 keyboard, and find its placement of the Caps Lock,
Control, and Esc keys inconvenient. How do I remedy this?
40) How can I move keys around on a Sun keyboard, for example exchanging the
Caps Lock and Control keys on a Type 5 keyboard?
41) My Sun doesn't have an ANSI C compiler. How can I get one?
42) How do I change the time zone setting on my machine?
43) I'm getting messages that say one of the following:
proc: table is full and/or
file: table is full and/or
dquot: table is full and/or
inode: table is full
What do these errors mean, and how do I fix the problem?
44) Blank at present.
45)! How do I run X11R5 applications under Openwindows or Openwindows
applications under X11R5?
46) Where do I find a "restricted" shell for SunOS?
47)! Will SunOS 4.1.x binaries run under SunOS 5.x?
48) When I try to compile MITs X11R4 applications under Openwindows 3.0,
I get the following "undefined" symbols(_get_wmShellWidgetClass, and
_get_applicationShellWidgetClass). What is the Problem?
49)! What is Solaris?
50) What does the "nres_gethostbyaddr !=" error mean?
51)! How come my mouse only works in the vertical(or horizontal) direction,
how do I repair it?
52) After rebuilding the shared library libc it get some or all the
following undefined symbols: dlsym, dlopen, dlclose mbstowcs_xccs,
mbtowc_xccs,wcstombs_xccs, or wctomb_xccs.
53) What does "No network locking on host" mean after upgrading to
Solaris 2.0?
54) Does Password Aging work with NIS(YP) ?
55) What does "rpc.lockd: Cannot contact status monitor!" mean?
56) How do I join the Sun User Group(SUG)?
57) How do I increase the number of "pseudo" terminals(ptys) ?
58) Where are dump and restore under Solaris 2.x?
59) How do I make the numeric keypad on a type 5 keyboard work with xterm?
60) How do I swap the CAPS LOCK and CONTROL keys on a type 5 keyboard
under Openwindows 3.0?
61)! Which Sun models run which versions of SunOS?
62) My rdump is failing with a "Protocol botched" message. What do I do?
63)! Table of Solaris2.x commands and their Solaris1.x equivalents?
64) How do I setup DNS on Solaris2.x?
65) Can a SPARCclassic or LX run SunOS 4.1.3?
66) I just restored my root partation and now I can not boot. What
is wrong?
67) How do I disable/enable packet forwarding?
68) How do I disable the printing of banners pages?
69) How do I change my hostname?
70) Table of Solaris2.x files and their Solaris1.x equivalents?
71)! Where can I get the BSD print spooler for Solaris2.x?
72)! Where is the Solaris2.x screenblank?
73)! Is there a command to display the configuration of
currently attached SCSI devices?
74) My printer will not print large files(over 1-megabyte), I
keep getting "file to big" errors. What do I do?
75)! I keep getting "data corruption" when using NFS over a wan,
or slip/ppp link. What do I do?
76) Does anybody know how to enable UDP checksum on NFS?
77) Is there a mailing list for Wabi?
78) Are there any public domain Multi-Vendor backup management
systems?
79) How to determine the revision of SuperSPARC processor.
80) How do I install SunOS4.1.x by hand (off a CD)?
81) Why won't my SUN207 (Maxtor LXT213) hard drive work in
my SPARCstation 10/xx?
82)! I'm running SunOS/4.1.x and every time I try to format my
new 9GB SCSI disk I get "format failed" messages -- what's
broke, and how can I fix it?
83)! I can not get my new Exabyte 8505 (or others) working under
SunOS (or Solaris) What to do ?
84) The keyboard keeps stop working after exiting X or Openwin.
What to do?
85)! How do I re-build the kernel under SunOS4.x?
86) How do I hook up a HP(or other) Desktop SCANNER?
87)! How do I find which process has a file open?
88) How do I create a partition greater than 2-gig on SunOS4.1.x?
89) Why do I keep having to answer the question
"CLEAN FLAG IN SUPERBLOCK IS WRONG; Fix?" when running fsck on
an active filesystem?
90) Are dynamically linked setuid executables insecure?
91) How do I change the default router under Solaris1.x or Solaris2.x?
92) What is the difference between the Domestic vs International version
of SunOS 4.1.x?
93) Where can I get the latest version of TOP?
94) Can I run the SX card in a Sun running SunOS4.1.x?
95) I just changed my shell to tcsh(or pick a favorite) and
get "530 User xyzz access denied" when ftping into this
machine. What is the problem?
96) How do I put several dump images on one tape?
97) Can I "dump" the whole disk to tape in one command?
(even with several slices/partitions)
98)! Where do I get software for my HP JetDirect Ethernet Card?
99) I do not know the root password, What do I do?
100) Where do I find a POP server for Solaris or SunOS?
101) How do I clear Stale NFS Filehandles?
102)! How can I use the same ethernet interface for two different IP networks?
103)! Where do I get CAP for Solaris (or SunOS 4.1.x)?
104) Where do I get DOOM for Solaris (or SunOS 4.1.x)?
105) Why does "dump/ufsdump" tell me it is rewinding the tape even
when I specified the "no rewind" device?
106) How can you I speed up filesystem restores and/or copies?
107) I just added a new device (ie harddisk) to Solaris I have rebooted
but the system still can not find it. What do I do?
108) I need to change the broadcast address from all 0's to 1's
or where to set the broadcast address under SunOS4.x?
Answers
1) How to get DNS working when not running NIS ?
Note: Solaris2.x users should see question 64..
The "normal" behavior of a hostname lookup under NIS is to
consult the NIS hosts map and then DNS (if configured). If
you are not running NIS the system will only look in
the /etc/hosts file.
You have two options to correct this situation:
A) Re-build the shared library version of libc with replacement
resolver routines which understand DNS. Resolv+ provides one
of the best sets of replacement routines and it is easy
to install. Resolv+ can be obtained from
ftp.ececs.uc.edu:/pub/sun-faq/Source/resolv+2.1.1.tar.Z
If you install resolv+ make sure that you setup your
/etc/hosts.conf . /etc/hosts.conf should contain something
like this:
order bind hosts
multi off
nospoof on
Another option to use is bind-4.9.3 or later
which is available from
ftp://ftp.vix.com/pub/bind/release/
However, the bind shared libraries will ignore /etc/hosts
and do all lookups via DNS.
Rebuilding the shared library will not allow statically
linked binaries to do name resolving and these binaries
will only use /etc/hosts. "Dynamically linked"
replacements for mount and rcp are available from
ftp.ececs.uc.edu:/pub/sun-faq/Source/rcp-mount.dyn.tar.Z
This file only contains sun4 binaries. A Sun 3 binary
for mount can be retrieved from
ftp.ececs.uc.edu:/pub/sun-faq/Source/mount.sun3.Z
To be able to rebuild shared libraries you need to
install the "shlib custom" option which is available
with SunOS version 4.1 or greater.
You can still use NIS for other things in environment,
such as passwd, and group maps.
B) Run NIS with the "hosts" maps only. If you
only need DNS capability than change the "all"
line /var/yp/Makefile to "all: hosts".
It does not require any changes to shared libraries.
See question 2 for complete directions on how to setup
DNS with NIS.
Last Updated: July 3, 1996.
2) How to get DNS to be used when running NIS ?
First setup your /etc/resolv.conf file.
Use this file as a template.
;
; Data file for a client.
;
domain ececs.uc.edu ; local domain
nameserver 129.137.8.118 ; primary domain nameserver
nameserver 129.137.32.101 ; secondary domain nameserver
Where: "local domain" is the domain part of the hostnames.
For example, if your hostname is "ftp.ececs.uc.edu"
your "local domain" is "ececs.uc.edu" or you could use
"uc.edu".
Verify using nslookup that you are now resolving names
via DNS. Try something like "nslookup ftp.uu.net" and
see if you get back the IP address.
You will need to put a copy of this resolv.conf on
all NIS servers including slaves.
After you have the /etc/resolv.conf setup and working do
the following:
Under SunOS 4.1 and greater, at the top of the /var/yp/Makefile
uncomment the "B=-b" line and comment using the "#" sign the "B="
If you are running 4.0.x you will need to edit the
/var/yp/Makefile or apply the following "diff":
*** Makefile.orig Wed Jan 10 13:22:11 1990
--- Makefile Wed Jan 10 13:22:01 1990
***************
*** 63 ****
! | $(MAKEDBM) - $(YPDBDIR)/$(DOM)/hosts.byname; \
--- 63 ----
! | $(MAKEDBM) -b - $(YPDBDIR)/$(DOM)/hosts.byname; \
***************
*** 66 ****
! | $(MAKEDBM) - $(YPDBDIR)/$(DOM)/hosts.byaddr; \
--- 66 ----
! | $(MAKEDBM) -b - $(YPDBDIR)/$(DOM)/hosts.byaddr; \
Now setup NIS in the usual fashion (ypinit -m ) or if your "brave"
and have already setup NIS just re-make the hosts map. Something
like this should work remove /var/yp/hosts.time, cd /var/yp,
and type make (i.e. cd /var/yp; /bin/rm -f hosts.time ; make).
You will need reboot the machine or restart ypserv for these changes
to take affect.
The manpage for ypserv incorrectly states that you need to
start ypserv with the -d option to get DNS to work with NIS.
The manpage is incorrect -d option is for debugging.
If you need a copy of the NIS Makefile look in /usr/lib (NIS.Makefile).
Or grab the Makefile from ftp.ececs.uc.edu:/pub/sun-faq/Makefile.nis
Last Updated: July 20, 1995.
3) How to properly setup NFS mounting of /var/spool/mail ?
On the Client machines:
A) mount /var/spool/mail with the no attribute caching
option.
An example, fstab line would be the following:
mailhost:/var/spool/mail /var/spool/mail nfs rw,noac 0 0
B) Use a sendmail.cf that forces all mail to be delivered
by the mailhost.
One such file is available via anonymous ftp to
ftp.ececs.uc.edu. Get the file
/pub/sun-faq/sendmail.client.cf
Do not use the OR option that Sun provides. It is broken
in many ways.
On the server machine:
A) Setup DNS MX records pointing to the mailhost for
all client machines.
B) Edit the /etc/exports file to export /var/spool/mail
to the mail client machines. You may want
to use a netgroup for this purpose.
C) Setup the /etc/sendmail.cf on the server recognize
that mail to/from a client is "local".
One such file is available via anonymous ftp to
ftp.ececs.uc.edu. Get the file
/pub/sun-faq/sendmail.server.cf
Note: You may want to install Berkeley sendmail instead of Suns
stock sendmail.
4) Can I use AnswerBook under X11R5(6)?
AnswerBook in its current form requires the Openwindows
server. It uses the NeWS/Display Postscript extensions
to this server to display the Answerbook files.
To use AnswerBook under X11R5 you will need to replace the
docviewer program with program that calls Ghostscript to view
these pages. A replacement docviewer can downloaded from
ftp.ececs.uc.edu (129.137.8.99) as /pub/sun-faq/Source/docviewer.tar.gz
This kit contains more than one docviewer. Try using
the one in the toplevel docviewer directory.
This replacement docviewer does not support all the options that
the "real" docviewer supports such as "hypertext" links.
To install the replacement "docviewer" you will also need
Ghostscript 2.4 or above and Ghostview 1.3 or above both of
which are available from prep.ai.mit.edu in the /pub/gnu directory.
This replacement docviewer is reported to work with all versions
of AnswerBook but not as well as the original :).
Note: The Solaris 2.6 documentation can be accessed via the web
at: docs.sun.com
Last Updated: Apr 25, 1998.
5) What does "NFS write error X" mean?
You can lookup the error codes in /usr/include/sys/errno.h.
Two common NFS error codes are 13 - "permission denied" and 70 -
"stale file handle".
Error code 13 can occur from incorrect /etc/exports entry. Also,
it can occur because someone has changed the /etc/exports
entry to disallow the client after the client has already
been granted permission to perform this operation.
Error code 70 occurs when the file handle on the
NFS server changes for a particular filesystem.
The "file handle" can be changed under the following
circumstances:
A) Installing a new drive in place of an old.
B) Moving a filesystem from one devices to
another.
C) Performing a format, newfs, dump, and restore
cycle. Even if to the same device.
D) Unmounting a file system without remounting it.
E) Unmounting a High Sierra/ISO 9660 CD-ROM and
mounting a different CD.
You can usually get rid of the error by unmounting and
remounting the filesystem in question.
Also, error code 70 can occur when someone removes a file
that a process is actively writing from a NFS client machine.
Under SunOS 4.1, you can run "showfh" to translate the NFS
"file handle" given in the error message into a Unix pathname.
Beware that showfhd does a "find" on your server to get the
filename. "man 2 intro" will give you some more general
information on what error codes could mean.
You will need a patch to get "showfh" to work correctly. The patch
id is 100371 and this patch is required for 4.1, 4.1.1, and 4.1.2.
This patch has been integrated into 4.1.3.
6) How do I find the amount of memory installed or other
system configuration information?
You can use the "devinfo" command to find out general information
about the hardware attached to your Sun. The "devinfo" command is
only available on desktop SPARCsystems, SPARCengine 1E (although not
in the version used in Auspex systems), or 600MP series server only.
Also, most sparc clones should support devinfo. Any machine that has
an SBus will probably support "devinfo" but any machine that doesn't
have an SBus probably won't support "devinfo".
Note in Solaris "devinfo" is called "prtconf" and all options
are the same.
The "best" command for determining system information is
"sysinfo". Sysinfo is available from
ftp://usc.edu/pub/sysinfo/
Sysinfo works on all Sun architectures (including Sun-3s) and all
SunOS and Solaris releases as well as many other UNIX boxes such
as Ultrix, and Next.
Also, you can use the sundiag to find out configuration information
as follows:
/usr/diag/sundiag/sundiag -wv
/bin/cat /usr/adm/sundiaglog/sundiag.conf | /bin/sort
Finally, the "dmesg" command can be used to get memory information.
Try something like "dmesg | grep -i memory". It may not return
any memory information if the system has been up for a while.
Note: "wc -l /dev/mem" and "dd if=/dev/mem of=/dev/null" and
the like will *not* give the correct answer on machines
where physical memory is not contiguous, such as many Suns.
OpenWindows 3.3 and above also support the "wsinfo" command, which
provides some of this information, in particular memory size.
Last Updated: May 23, 1996.
7) Where can I get a version of ftp that does logging?
Get the wuarchive ftp daemon from
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/packages/wuarchive-ftpd
A version of the wuarchive ftpd daemon that compiles right out
of the box for Solaris2.x machines can be had from
ftp.ececs.uc.edu (129.137.8.4) in the /pub/sun-faq directory.
Remember to specify your own paths in the src/pathnames.h file.
The stock Sun ftpd will log some information if you add the "-l"
flag in /etc/inetd.conf:
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/etc/in.ftpd in.ftpd -l
Also enable syslogd by adding:
daemon.info /var/adm/syslog
to "/etc/syslog.conf".
Last Updated: Oct 25, 1995.
8) Where can one get SunOS patches? Where can I get patch 10xxxx-xx?
Many anonymous ftp sites have partial collections of patches.
These sites include the following:
Sun sanctioned sites:
sunsolve1.sun.com:/pub/patches/
via WWW http://sunsolve1.sun.com/
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/sun-info/sun-patches/
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/sun-info/sun-patches/
sunsite.sut.ac.jp:/pub/sun-info/sun-us/sun-patches/
sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk:/sun/sunsite-sun-info/sun-patches/
Note: You should always attempt to find a local site before
using the above.
sunsolve1.sun.com contains a collection of recommended and
security patches. Be sure to check out the 2.x_Recommended.tar.Z
files which contain all the Recommended patches in one file.
The "Sunsites" are essentially mirrors of sunsolve.
Support Customers:
Starting with SunSolve CD 2.1.2 ALL Sun patches are shipped
on the SunSolve CD.
Support customers can get all patches via ftp from Sunsolve
or by e-mail and query one of the online sunsolve-databases
on the internet.
Some notes:
Do install the Recommended patches.
If you find a bug report it to Sun. This is the only way
it will get fixed.
Do not "blindly" install all patches. Sun does not always
have time to test for possible interactions between patches.
Do not install patches for applications that you do not use.
Do install patches for "bugs" that are actually affecting you.
Last Updated: Feb 2, 1998.
9) How to setup Openwindows Calendar Manager in a distributed
environment?
Sun's original assumption that each user has a permanent machine
allocated to them is not applicable in most environments. Just as
users send mail to 'user' rather than 'user@machine', users want
to browse others user's calendars and do not care or want to know
where the calendar is actually stored.
Here is procedure to accomplish our goal. All calendars
will be stored on a central server. The initial setup
must be done on the server.
A) Have the user login to the calendar host(calhost)
machine.
B) Change everyone's .cm.rc file so that
Calendar.DefaultCal points to user@calhost
calhost can be an hostname alias or an actual
hostname. You may want to use the alias
just in case you change the "calhost" later.
C) Change their Access List and Permissions (under
Edit/Properties) to show user@client with BID (browse,
insert, delete) permissions for any client machine the
user wanted to access their calendar from.
Notes: If you use the scheme you should not NFS mount
/var/spool/calendar on the client machines.
or
You can install the "Proxy OpenWindows Calendar Manager", which
is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.ececs.uc.edu in
/pub/sun-faq/proxy-cmsd.tar.Z.
or
You can install the "new cm daemon" which allows you to access
several Calendar hosts at once. It implements the "original"
rpc.cmsd daemon semantics(unlike proxy-cmsd) and thus all
the features(of CM) will work as documented. The latest source
for this daemon was available via anonymous FTP from
ftp.amdahl.com (129.212.11.1) in the /pub/newcm_d directory
but alas it is no longer but you can still get a copy from
from ftp.ececs.uc.edu as /pub/sun-faq/newcm_d-1.3.tar.Z
As of this writing newcm is being ported to Solaris2.x.
10) Why does the talk command fail between SunOS
and any other manufacturer's equipment(like DEC)?
SunOS and Solaris use the old BSD 4.2 version of talk.
The old talk uses "machine dependent" byte ordering. Since
DEC has different byte order the two talks can not
communicate (even if you use "otalk" on the DEC
machines).
Also, most vendors have the newer version of
talk from BSD-4.3 and this version is not compatible
with the Sun Version which is BSD-4.2.
The solution is to get and install the new version
of talk because it uses "network" byte ordering and
it is compatible with most Vendors current talk
implementations.
"New Talk" is available via anonymous ftp from
ftp.ececs.uc.edu:/pub/sun-faq/Source/ntalk.tar.gz
This contains a version of new talk that compiles on
both Solaris and SunOS. The Solaris version does not
require the Berkeley compatability libraries.
Finally, a program called Ytalk can be used with either
"New talk" or "Old talk" and compiles on all versions
of SunOS (including 5.x).
Ytalk can be obtained from
ftp.ececs.uc.edu:/pub/sun-faq/Source/ytalk-3.2.tar.gz
Last Updated: November 12, 1995
11) How do I setup "anonymous" ftp?
Read the man page ftpd(8) in the SunOS 4.x documentation, as
the procedure differs from vanilla BSD and most examples in
system administration books.
The "ls" binary is dynamically linked, requiring you to
duplicate ld.so, libc.so.* and /dev/zero in the ftp area.
The permissions and ownership of the files within the
ftp area are critical to having a secure configuration.
Note: For SunOS versions 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 you will need
to copy /usr/lib/libdl.so.* to the ftp area as well.
You can use a "statically" linked binary from the GNU
fileutils instead of the "dynamically" linked SunOS
version. You can get the GNU fileutils from prep.ai.mit.edu
in the directory /pub/gnu
There is also a statically linked version of ls for Suns
running SunOS 4.1.x, available via anonymous ftp from
ftp.ececs.uc.edu. Get the file /pub/sun-faq/ls.statically-linked
or get it from the SunOS install CD in the "tools" directory.
A complete procedure to setup anonymous under SunOS is
available via anonymous ftp to ftp.ececs.uc.edu. Get
the file /pub/sun-faq/anon-ftp.how-to.
There is an _excellent_ script written by Peter N. Lewis
(peter.lewis@info.curtin.edu.au) for setting up anonymous ftp
located on ftp.ececs.uc.edu, in the file /pub/sun-faq/anon-ftp.scrpt
12) How come yppasswdd does not automatically update the yp maps?
There is a bug in 4.1 rpc.yppasswdd that causes it misinterpret
the command line arguments. A work-around is to add the
"-nosingle" flag (which is the default), this shifts the
arguments over one, so "passwd" is read instead of "-m".
Also, you should use the complete path to rpc.yppasswdd
For example:
/usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/passwd -nosingle -m passwd DIR=/var/yp
Note: Only use the DIR=/var/yp if your source files for passwd, group,
etc are in /var/yp. If they are in /etc you do not need
to and should not specify the DIR= parameter.
Also, you can modify the NIS Makefile to change to the location
of the maps (ie modify DIR= in /var/yp/Makefile). Than you
could use something like this instead of the above line:
/usr/etc/yppasswdd /var/yp/maps/passwd -noshell -m passwd
This assumes that all NIS text/source files are in
/var/yp/maps
If you are running the C2 security package, you should apply
the C2 Jumbo patch, as it fixes several problems with rpc.yppasswdd
and rpc.pwdauthd. The patch number is
100201-04 or greater for SunOS 4.1 and 4.1.1
100564-06 or greater for SunOS 4.1.2 and 4.1.3
Last Updated: April 27, 1995.
13) What does NFS getattr failed/RPC: Authentication error mean?
You are probably running a pre-SunOS 4.0 version of NFS and your
username is in more than 8 groups. There is a limit on the
number of groups that could be represented in the rpc service
(called NGRPS). On pre-4.0 systems this was 8, now it is 16.
Since many vendors other than Sun are still running old versions
of NFS, you might see this error even if your SunOS is recent.
Authentication errors are also caused by having secure RPC
enabled on the client but not on the server, or by having a
misconfigured secure RPC configuration for the user name
generating the errors. Beware of this problem when you are
using the automounter, as programs (such as Sendmail) may
silently fail when when they try to mount a directory
and get this error.
Last Updated: Feb 23, 1998.
14) Why did my Quantum 105 megabyte hard disk stop working?
This the now infamous Quantum drive "stickation" problem.
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