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5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4 I need to setup a read-only Unix user. Has anyone any tips / hints ? Thanks in advance. [thumbsup]

Thanks chaps all info supplied has helped create the desired results. [thumbsup]

I need to give someone a temporary root passwd. However I would like to log all commands they run and at what times they are executed. Has anyone a script that could do this or know of the best way to achieve it. 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4 Thanks in advance.

I desperately need to setup an FTP user that can on move from dir /ABC to /XYZ e.g /abc/xyz I cannot have them accessing any other part of the system. I know how-to set them using useradd so that /XYZ is the initial login dir. How can I stop them from moving. Any advice would be well received...

How can I set ulimit unlimited globally for Solaris 5.7 box Thanks,

I have a directory that contains image files on my windows 2000 server that cannot be set to “folder is ready for archiving” I had an instance today that all users could not access a db using these images. On investigations I found that the folder containing the images had the “folder is ready...

Again thank you this info worked.

Thanks very much, that worked a treat.

Is there a command that I can run that will tell me what software I have installed on my Solaris 5.7 server. If possible it needs to list things like Samba, Ingres and any other 3rd party software. Thanks in advance. [2thumbsup]

Here's the rest of the smb.conf (well the most relevant part(modified)) # Global parameters workgroup = MYWORKGROUP netbios name = SERVERNAME local master = No time service = yes

When trying to access a Samba share on my Sun Solaris box from a windows2000 computer I get the following error. "The account is not authorised to login from this station" The relevant section of my smb.conf looks like this [new_dir] path = /apps/mydir/test/abc/new_dir...

Thanks for the response. Overpayments is the name of the printer and it's ip is in the hosts file. I can ping it from the command line that's what so strange. [2thumbsup]

I get the following error when trying to add printer using jetadmin !! No response from overpayments !! ... (trying to ping overpayments) The HP JetAdmin utility can ping the device. The problem may be: * incorrect GET community name! * it is not a network printer...

I need to install perl 5.8 onto a SunOS 5.7. I have downloaded and unpacked the files however I am finding the notes hard going. Are there some simple steps / commands I can carry out to get it in. Please note I have never carried out anything like this before so I a little green. Thanks in...

man userad: useradd adds a new user entry to the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. It also creates supplementary group memberships for the user (-G option) and creates the home directory (-m option) for the user if requested. The new login remains locked until the...