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Hi, this may sound funny but here goes... I needed to attach a monitor and keyboard to my E220R to configure it (couldn't configure it remotely). Now that I have it configured, I want to remove my keyboard but every time I remove my keyboard, I'm kick out onto the boot prom. I do not want to go...

I want to learn AIX but I don't know where to start? Is AIX really OpenSource? If it is, where can I get it? If it isn't, maybe I can try to get it on ebay. However, do you really need to run it on an IBM computer? I'm pretty proficient in Solaris and Linux but want to learn AIX so that I can...

I'm wondering if I can connect my two Red Hat 8.0 boxes through a serial connection? And how? Thanks in advance.

when i move my hard drive that contains solaris 8 on it, cde is messed up. in fact i log in, then it flashes the backdrop for a split second then logs me out. help...

I have Oracle 8i installed on a Sun server. I log in to the server and then start dbastudio: oemapp dbastudio The GUI loads up and I'm able to get as far as the Security folder (where I see the USERS folder). I try to open up the USERS folder but it hangs for a long time... Any ideas on what...

Hi there, I'm trying to install the following driver onto my Red Hat 8.0 system so that it can support my Adaptec SCSI Host Adapter 29160N.I have a Seagate Python external SCSI tape device. I'm a newbie so I don't know how to install drivers on a Red hat 8.0 Linux system. I was able to install...

Anyone know of a GOOD step by step, idiot's guide to configuring NTP to point to an outside server on Red Hat 8.0? Because that's what I need. Focus on the idiot's guide part. I tried configuring to outside server but it keeps reverting to my local server.

I have three primary partitions: /boot, /, and swap on my system. I use the following command: #fdisk /dev/hda to create an extended partition called /dev/hda4. Out of this extended partition, I create a logical partition called /dev/hda5. I write the partition table but this is error I...

Just to learn what nohup can do, I executed the command: # find -name grep a / '{}' \; -print > newfile & nohup is supposed to keep executing this command in the background even though I log out. The thing is, I executed this command, logged out, then logged back in. The process was still...

I read that the difference between cron and anacron is that cron assumes that the system is on continuously and will only execute a command if the system is on. This doesn't make sense. Isn't it a fundamental requirement that the system be ON in order for the shell to execute a command...

I understand the function of pwunconv to remove the shadow file and place the encrypted passwords of the shadow file to the passwd file. But why would you need to use this? Thanks.

Does anyone know what the following directories are for? /etc/magicfilter/*/ /var/lib/apsfilter/* /etc/apsfilter/* Honestly, I looked all over google and no help there. Thanks.

I know this isn't a certification forum. But what IS /etc/usbmgr? I have Red Hat 8.0 installed and it doesn't have it. I've been looking everywhere for a short definition on it. Help!

Is it possible to practice the Solaris 8 test objectives on Sun Rays? My company is using Sun Rays and I would like to practice (with the proper permission from my superiors) on the equipment. Thanks.

Hi there, I did this to try to obtain the current UID from bash: # echo $UID How do I obtain the current UID from the C shell? It reads that it cannot recognize the variable. I tried to echo $uid as well. I echoed $USER but I got the user's name not the UID. I want to use the UID. I executed...

I have a file called hello with nothing in it. I created it using the following command: # touch hello When I do in the C shell: # test -z hello # echo $status I get a nonzero status of 1. I thought that the -z was used to test if the hello file had anything in it. The definition I've always...

Help! I'm trying to figure out how to use the read -e command? Can anyone give me an example of how to use it? I have three different books and Internet resources on it but all they give is a definition but not an implementation of it. Help!!!! Thanks in advance.

Anyone take the beta test for these tests? As of today the old test objectives are obsolete. Anyone have any book resources that would be valuable for testing for LPI 101 and 102 release 2? THey don't have anything on the LPI website.

For the for loop in the Korn shell, I know that it's possible to read from a file and use the contents of the file as input to the for loop. FOr example, the following is possible in the Korn shell: for variable in $(< file) do echo $variable done Within file is the following: apple...

Are the test objectives for the Solaris exams even close to what Solaris Admins even go through in a production environment? Or the tests too ambitious? Thanks.