The maxage setting on an Aix server has been set to 4 but the server never prompts for a password reset after 4 weeks, Infact the server has never prompted for a password since the first time I have logged into the server which is more than 200 days

Hello,

  I would like to know if there is a way to create a Symlink-like file but with the difference that the file it points to gets executed when the link is read and the output is what I get from reading it.
  It should work on freebsd/linux.

Thanks

Best regards

I have installed 2 different IDM Ultrium-TD3 tape drives and in the 2nd case, I have ALSO installed the lin_tape and lin_taped (daemon).  I also have sg3_utils 1.42, built from source - all this are on x86_64 bit computers.

Many of the commands work, including sg_read_buffer for reading the cartridge memory.

The problem is, commands such as sg_read_attr/sg_write_attr (ioctl 0x8D, 0x8C) whether from a normal C program or from the sg approach, do not ever allow reading or writing the attributes - instead, it leads to an error, such as:

SG_WRITE_ATT_0803 command error: Host_status=0x05 [DID_ABORT]
Error : Write failed (try verbose opt)

I can try either generic /dev devices or /dev/IBM types of devices.  Each gives an error.  In one case, I have an idea for how to try to fix it, but I'm just wondering, is the firmware (mine is 6B20) just not implementing it?  I doubt that's the problem.  I can upload the firmware as hex code but I would like to see the source.

Also, I don't know whether or not running lintape/lintaped matters and whether or not the IBM-generic/IBM-specific/sg-generic drivers are the issue.  I'm trying to pin down what approach to go on next.  There are literally three sets of drivers.  And I don't know whether or not I should install Tivoli.

Given all the variables, I just want to know how to proceed to get to a working sg_read_attr/sg_write_attr command.  I even tried to start with the lowest numbered attribute.

I have also tried external …

Hi,

In putty vi editor vi unix how to see later pages and change colors for bettwer view.

i open big property file not able to see what is at bottom.

how to search in vi editor for some text sat xyz.

setting i went i changed colors , font etc not reflecting.

what is best setting to give for better view

when i opened
abc.properties in vi
it says 536L, 28390C
what is L what is C
how to know how many lines there how many it is showing etc
can i use winscp free version for production servers viewing property files?
please advise

I run cat /dev/null /var/adm/lastlog and recovered space under FS but /var still showing pretty high, this is happening in Solaris 10 global zone.

Please advise how to recover space under /var in this case or do I need to restart some daemon to reclaim space under /var. Please reply.

Hi gurus,

I have AIX (7100-04-04-1717) lpar with installed following packets:
bos.cifs_fs.rte           7.1.4.31    C     F    Runtime for SMBFS
bos.cifs_fs.smit           7.1.0.0    C     F    SMIT Interface for SMBFS

This lpar was successfully mounting share on W2k8 R2 until recently change on windows server. Change on windows side was disabling smbv1 protocol. Since then, there is no way to mount this share again. I have asked my colleagues to turn smbv1 back on, until I figure out how to solve this. When they turn smbv1 protocol  on, I can mount the share again. IBM does not provide any support for cifs, and I can't find any official document claiming that this client can't be used for higher smb protocols than smbv1.

I even installed samba 4.1 on AIX, and with smbclient tool I can connect to windows share forcing higher protocol versions ( -m SMB3), but this is not a solution, because I must have permanent file system mounted on aix. So this is not a valid solution.  
Does anyone have a  idea on how to solve this, or any link to official documentation which I can use to prove that this is not supported?
Or if I am trying something in wrong way , please let me know.
Thanks in advance,
Igor

Hello All,

I am in a situation to push database audit XML logs to syslog server. Audit logs are getting generated when Audit_Trail is set to OS. The same is not happening when Audit_Trail is set to XML,EXTENDED. Please advice on this.

SQL> select banner from v$version;

BANNER
----------------------------------------------------------------
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.3.0      Production
TNS for Linux: Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production


SQL> show parameter audit
NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
audit_file_dest                      string      /u01/appldrch/DRCH_DB_audit_lo
                                                 g
audit_sys_operations                 boolean     TRUE
audit_syslog_level                   string      LOCAL1
audit_trail                          string      XML, EXTENDED

[root@appsdr ~]# cat /etc/syslog.conf
local1.warning /var/log/audit.log


Thank You.

regards,
John Marshal.A

I have xlc compiler version 8 and perl 5.10 running on AIX 7.1. I have been able to install DBI.pm module successfully, but now am in need to install DBD::ORACLE module. The oracle version is 12 (64bit)

perl Makefile.PL runs fine for the DBD::ORACLE module, however the "make" command is throwing below error:
I attempted to fix the issue by changing the object mode value, but that end up giving a different type of error.
Can you advise on the solution ?

#make
        rm -f blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so
        LD_RUN_PATH="/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_1/lib:/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_1/rdbms/lib" ld  -bhalt:4 -G -bI:/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.10.1
            /aix-thread-multi/CORE/perl.exp -bE:Oracle.exp -bnoentry -lpthreads -lc -lm -L/usr/local/lib Oracle.o  dbdimp.o  oci8.o /lib/crt0_64.o -bI:/usr/lib/iocp.
            exp  -o blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so     -L/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_1/lib/ -lclntsh -lclntshcore -lld -lm -ldl -lc -lm -lpthreads -
            lodm
            -lbsd_r -lld -lperfstat -lm -lpthreads
ld: 0711-736 ERROR: Input file /lib/crt0_64.o:
        XCOFF64 object files are not allowed in 32-bit mode.
make: The error code from the last command is 8.

#bootinfo -K
64

#ORACCENV='cc=xlc_r'; export ORACCENV

#export OBJECT_MODE=64
#make
        rm -f blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so
        LD_RUN_PATH="/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_1/lib:/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/client_1/rdbms/lib" ld  -bhalt:4 -G …

Hello,

I have installed a module on the puppet master server,  how do I make client to pickup those modules and execute?

I am creating a shell script to check if cron jobs are enabled/disabled and send a mail notification for the same (with job name).

#!/bin/sh

crontab -l > /app/file.txt
App_Home=/app
ctab='$APP_Home/file.txt'

while IFS= read -r value; do
entry=`$value | awk '{print $1}'`
echo $entry
if [[ $entry == "#" ]]
then
  echo " Entry $value is disabled "
elif [[ $entry == '#*' ]]
then
   echo " Entry $value is disabled "
else
   echo " Entry $value is enabled "
fi
done < $ctab

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However, the above code is failing with the error message (#*: command not found).

Imagine the following scenario:

A NAS box, providing a samba share, with several versions of a fíle collection in dated directories (name i.e. "2017.05.24").

On the NAS should be some links into subdirectories of the latest version, so the copy script should create symbolic links on the share to the latest version of that file collection.

When I try

ln -s <samba_share/link_name> <samba_share/dated_dir_subdir/>

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I get an error that this is not possible. Any hint ?