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Hi, You can have a try with a different keyboard Are there 2 slots for the keyboard behind the Ultra-10 Does the Keyboard beep while booting. Just some things u can try -Dcutinha

Hi, Its Tricky but... First make sure you have an entire COLD backup of the Entire Machine. If you have root DISK ... then its best if you can get an identical disk and then load the OS in the NEW disk. And then once you r sure everything is working fine with your OS upgrade you can...

Hi , I am not very sure but ask your Sun Support to Update the Flash PROM. There are patches available for the said problem. Enjoy Unix... s-) [COLOR=blue] DJC

Hi, Did U try the backoutpatch script available with each script. Does showrev still show the patch. Enjoy Unix.. s-) [COLOR=blue] DJC

Hi, Actually I had posted this problem before... Any Luck ... Any Patches around... Enjoy Unix.. s-) [COLOR=blue] DJC

Hi The First Bit in the long listing is always the kind of file so as a end-user we have no control over it. Basically it tell the OS what kind of file u r referring to But chmod 777 is the best u can do with chmod . Enjoy Unix.. s-) cc[COLOR=blue]DJC

Hi, What does : #type make make not found or make is a tracked alias for /usr/ccs/bin/make Since configure is a script just add these lines to try if they work at the start of the script.(make sure ur script is using sh) PATH=$PATH:/usr/ccs/bin;export PATH And then run ./configure.ATB Enjoy...

Hi , What do u get when you say: echo $PS1 Is it # or $ when you are non-root user. Try checking /etc/profile and have a look at the variable PS1. or Try setting it as root. Or back out the patch. Looks like the patch updated some of these files: libc.so.1 libdl.so.1 libc_psr.so.1 Try...

Hi Ajay, No such entry in /etc/inetd.conf . Service started by /etc/rc2.d/S99sshd . I think that this has some thing to do with the kernel. So I had to shutdown to make it work. But if there is a way out ..Please tell me.. Thanks, s-) DJC

Hi ... Depends on the Shell you are using .... -> For bash its just the arrow keys -> For ksh you can set emacs or vi and use those vi and emacs syntax to navigate http://www.mathcs.duq.edu/unixhelp/shell/ksh_hist4.html e.g ksh -o vi (for vi) -> Likewise zsh also can get commands...

I need help.. my solaris 8 box is giving problems.. The Problem was.. I was not able to connect to my sun box via sshd, I went and check the box the sshd had died, but the netstat command shows that port 22 status as Listening..X-) Hence, i am not able to start my ssh daemon now... Suggest...

Hi Mohan, Its not that the question was put wrongly but the fact was ignored by us all that you needed Data Block void of all the previous data. Right !! Yes dd will do the trick LOL. Thanks for the tip. s-) [COLOR=blue]DJC

Hi How about using restricted Shell and only give the commands really required to the users. br, s-) [COLOR=blue]DJC

Hi , This question help me find out somemore secrets of Solaris 8. X-) Read On: If you want a default shell or group or directory or expiry date or skel . Then do the following: login as root (any ways LOL) # useradd -D (give this only once) # vi /usr/sadm/defadduser (Here you can change...

Hi Mohan, Try this : Login as root cd / for i in <dir-name> <dir-name> <dir-name> do echo &quot;Deleting $i ... &quot; echo &quot;This may take some time...&quot; rm -r $i done I know u wud have done it by now ... This <dir-name> cud be the mount points for your disks. Enjoy...! DJC