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But I'm getting this error at the command line, and only when I attempt to run the commands as the clone... The original application user runs the same command without even a hiccup... Joe F...

This is a server-client environment, where the clients are PC-based... Our application is a very large monster... There are a number of external 3rd party apps which make up one entire package... This app uses Visibroker, Oracle, iPlanet, WebLogic, System Pilot, MQ Series, Corba, Samba...

Korn shell...

I normally do everything in Korn shell, but I don't know what the 3rd party app is using... Could be a mix of several different shells... The 3rd party app configures an application-level account, which seems to pull this variable in properly... However, we don't want our support staff...

I can NOT use the $variable construct... I must be able to initialize the %variable% construct... I'm am a Senior Unix Admin / Engineer... I don't have an issue with creating normal Unix variables... My question was, and still is: How can I initialize the %APPL_HOME% variable from...

If this %APPL_HOME% value is currently empty, is there any way under Unix to assign a value to it? I've tried exporting it, aliasing it, etc. No luck so far... Unfortunately, this value is hardcoded inside of our vendors program, and I can't change it... So, I must find a way to initialize...

Can anyone tell me what the "%" means when it surrounds a variable name? I have some code that was left to us, and I'm debugging an issue, and don't know what this indicates: export PROD_HOME="%APPL_HOME%" The "APPL_HOME" is not set anywhere, and I'm getting an error message that says...

Is there any way to encrypt an entire directory structure? You can encrypt a file using the "vi -x" option, but, can you encrypt or password protect an entire directory structure? TIA Joe F...

Is there any way to protect or encrypt an entire directory structure under Unix / Linux? You can encrypt a file using the "vi -x" option... But, can you encrypt a directory? TIA Joe F...

I went to the website, but couldn't find anything. I did send their customer support a message, asking about this type of adapter. Thanks for the input. Joe F...

I have an old 715/75 workstation, and I want to connect it up to my KVM switch. Does anyone know if there's an adapter to convert the phone-style Keyboard/Mouse plug to PS2? I did several different google searches, but came up with nothing. TIA Joe F...

Can anyone tell me how to add a date / time stamp to the HISTFILE under Korn Shell? Can anyone tell me how to add a date / time stamp to the command prompt under Korn Shell? My current command prompt looks like this: <User_ID> @ <Hostname> | <Current_Directory> --> I want to add the date to...

I just downloaded Expect and Tcl, successfully installing both on my test server. I attempt to run a simple command, but am getting the following error: --> autoexpect passwd user1 /usr/lib/dld.sl: Bad magic number for shared library: /usr/local/lib/libpthread.sl /usr/lib/dld.sl: Exec format...

I just downloaded Expect and Tcl, successfully installing both on my test server. I attempt to run a simple command, but am getting the following error: --> autoexpect passwd user1 /usr/lib/dld.sl: Bad magic number for shared library: /usr/local/lib/libpthread.sl /usr/lib/dld.sl: Exec format...

Is there any way to defrag a disk under SuSE Linux?