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SCO Openserver 5.0.x The /usr/adm/syslog file has grown to be 200MB. I try to zero it out with this command: # >syslog Initially it shows to be zero bytes, but shortly after that it goes back to 200MB. I assume the O/S is keeping that file open? How to properly clear this file? Thanks!

As a follow up to the previous post: incoming FTP requests are also affected (an error the first time, and OK the 2nd time). /usr/adm/syslog has numerous messages like these two: Mar 3 07:08:48 news ftpd[24296]: sleeping: fcntl of pid file failed: Permission denied Mar 3 09:06:28 news...

SCO Openserver 5.0.4 I attempt to telnet to the server from a Windows PC. Telnet 192.168.1.40. On the first attempt there's no login prompt. A few minutes later I get disconnected. If I try again within a minute, it works and works normal (fast). At first I thought the server was trying to...

I am embarassed... I found it in sysadmsh, under system -> configure ->kernel. Now to figure out which of the 50 parameters to change, and by how much!!

I want to increase the STREAMS, NSTR params. I think that will help with spurious telnet disconnects to the Unix server. I know how to do it in 5.0.x Openserver, in Scoadmin. But how is it done on a 3.2v4.2 system? Thanks in advance!

I know how to do it in Openserver 5.0.x systems: edit /etc/hosts, then change in Scoadmin, relink kernel and reboot. How is it done in the older 3.2 v4.2 ?? I don't see anything in Sysadmsh utility... help!?!?

I have a server running SCO Openserver 5.0.6 Someone alerted me about a network vulnerability, and suggested an upgrade to BIND. (See details below if interested.) How can I check if the server is running BIND? ps -ef | grep BIND ...

Those threads point to a bug in Samba. The system and Samba was working fine until the IP address change. How could the bug "come alive" all of a sudden? thanks

SCO 5.0.4 Changed the IP address this way: (1) edit /etc/hosts (2) scoadmin ->networks -> modify protocol (3) Relink kernel, reboot. All seemed well. Then, after less than a day, system crashes, reporting "Out of Streams resources". System crashes reliably everyday with same error. No other...

SCO 5.0.2 I was trying to do a backup today, and got this error: Failed to return local host device list. Cannot continue Backup manager startup. Failed to process the scoped request. General failure occured in processing the request. Unable to get list of available media devices. Failed to...

PHV, Running Samba 2.0.3 Will upgrade. How could something as innocuous as changing the I.P. address cause all this !#$%^&*($!?? thnks

SCO 5.0.6 server. When doing backups, the system crashes with unrecoverable SCSI read errors on hard drive. Trying to do a FSCK in single user mode. When running fsck, error says "can't open /etc/checklist for reading error 2" There is a file /etc/checklist, and it contains: /dev/root...

Loops44, Why yes, Samba is running. Why?

SCO 5.0.x box, Pentium 2 with 64MB RAM. Changed the IP address recently, and ever since then system crashes daily with "out of streams allocation" error. I tried increasing the NSTREAM, NSTRPAGES parameters several times, based on suggestions here. relink, reboot. Still crashes. Would adding...

I forgot to mention that the hard drives (2 SCSI RAID1) were moved to a backup server (cold swap) with identical specs, and the identical errors showed up. It seems unlikely that two servers would have the same bad RAM or CPU.