Category: Solaris

Solaris Kernel Patching Recommended Patch

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Here’s another Kernel patching of Solaris. I know there are tons of this type of post in the internet but another reference for the one who needs it, is I guess ok.

To be honest, this is the steps that really made me understood the steps and procedure and the concept behind the 10_Recommended patch for solaris kernel.

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KSH Script Basics | Special Shell Variables

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Just deleted tons of stale, unsused user accounts. Here are some KSH shell basics and special shell variable. I need to Google them up myself to get reminded that ‘$?’ is the output variable for script execution. That is, it’s 0 for successful execution and 1 if there is any error.

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SSH Tectia: Setup Public-Key Authentication

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A quick post on how to setup a public-key authentication on an SSH client server, product by SSH Tectia.

Summary: User instruction on how to setup public-key authentication.

In setting up the ssh public-key authentication between servers, local and remote, we have to generate the key pairs and transfer it to the remote/server.

Client Side

The publickey authentication method is enabled by the SSHtectia package by default. A functional ID’s key pair can be generated using the ‘generate_keys’ script (may be located in /export/opt/SSHtectia//util/ or depending on your installation). That script, ‘generate_keys’, is use to generate user key pairs: id_dsa_2048_a and id_dsa_2048_a.pub (default names) in the centralized key location:

/etc/opt/SSHtectia/keys/

The script also creates an ‘identification’ file in /etc/opt/SSHtectial/keys/ that contains the name of the private keys:

# more identification
# SSH Tectia private key
IdKey /etc/opt/SSHtectia/keys/%U/id_dsa_2048_a

# OpenSSH private key
IdKey /etc/opt/SSHtectia/keys/%U/id_dsa

Don’t forget to substitute the private key filename for ‘id_dsa_2048_a’ or ‘id_dsa’ if you are using a different naming convention. If several key pairs are used, list private keys on a separate lines.

Server Side

The publickey authentication method is enabled for functional IDs ONLY by the SSHtectia package (how do we know if an account is such?).

Copy the public key file (i.e. id_dsa_2048_a.pub) to the server, to the centralized key location. You can use sftp, copy paste or any other method to do this.

Also copy the ‘authorization’ file (created by the ‘generate_keys’ script) from the cliet to the server’s centralized key location.

Test the connection.. it should work.. It worked on mine.

getfacl and setfacl – Unix Access Control (acl) Tool

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Today’s topic is all about Access List… For Unix and Unix-like system, the usual command to set the file permission is the ‘chmod’ command. However there are instances that we need more flexibility in giving access and control for files and folders. Get it? Access and Control? In this situation, there is a file utility built in Unix called ‘getfacl‘ and ‘setfacl‘.


getfacl is a file utility for viewing the access control list information associated with a file or directory.

For a memory aid, you can think of ‘getfacl’ as “Get File ACL“.. ACL being Access Control List.

Access control lists are extended attributes added to most major file systems in the 2.6 kernel to improve ability to control the access of files. They allow permissions to be set for individual groups and users and not just the owning user, owning group, and all other users.

setfacl is a command that allows you to set the Access Control List information for a file or directory.

Access control lists are extended attributes added to most major file systems in the 2.6 kernel to improve ability to control the access of files. They allow permissions to be set for individual groups and users and not just the owning user, owning group, and all other users.

You can read man pages for both getfacl and setfacl for more information.

getfacl and setfacl example….

Here’s an example of using the basic funtion of getfacl and setfacl

# getfacl

#setfacl

setfacl -m default:user::rwx,default:group::r-x,default:other:r-x,default:mask:rwx /u06/OneSource/datapump_dbdump

setfacl -m default:user:rcodapp1:r-x,default:group:r-x,default:other:—,default:mas:rwx /u06/OneSouce/datapump_dbdump

Veritas Volume Manager VxVM Basics Commands Cheats

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Veritas Volume Manager VxVM Basics Commands Cheats.. The authority site for this topic, the VXVM on VXFS, if you do a Google search for any tutorial or command cheat sheet is Cuddletech.

I want to post… say, borrowing, the content of that page to this post for my own personal reference… Love your own page right? And since I am more likely to open SysadminPH that cuddletech, I thought we not copy the Veritas tutorial page here for my ease of access?

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SVM: Determine Free Space on Soft Partition

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SVM: Determine Free Space on Soft Partition , we use the metastat -c command…

[root@localhost] /work/users> metastat -c d103
d103 p 32GB d100
d100 m 68GB d101 d102
d101 s 68GB c1t2d0s0
d102 s 68GB c1t3d0s0

[root@localhost] /work/users> metastat -p d103
d103 -p d100 -o 32 -b 58720256 -o 127926432 -b 8388608
d100 -m d101 d102 1
d101 1 1 c1t2d0s0
d102 1 1 c1t3d0s0

So from the first metastat -c d103.. that’s a mirrored 68G partition, d100 and a 32G soft partition d103.. We still have around 35G of space.

update: — someone comment please.. this information is incomplete!

Metastat Needs Maintenance Metareplace

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Guilty! Putting all those Metastat keywords on one subject, that’s me! ANyway, I don’t want to stale this blog so once in a while I’m going to be posting some bits and pieces of Unix tools/tips.. and here’s a new one about SVM… Responding to Disk Errors courtesy of BigAdmin!

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Send Break on XSCF – Sun M5000 Servers

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From our last post about XSCF Cheat sheet, we put there some commands on an XSCF management interface card. I thought that was the most common one, but we forgot to put in how to send ‘break’ to the host console! :)

Here’s how:

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Send Break on SPARC Enterprise T5120 – Send Break on ILOM

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Send Break on SPARC Enterprise T5120 – well it for the T5000 series I guess, the newer ones. Or “Sending Break onan ILOM..

“->” = ILOM
“sc>” = ALOM

.. and since this particular server has the “->” prompt we’re using the ILOM.

From ILOM to Solaris:
-> start /SP/console

From ALOM to Solaris:
sc> console

And of course.. Enter “#.” to return to ALOM / ILOM !!

Send Break on ILOM

set /HOST send_break_action=break
and then
start /SP/console

c)ontinue, s)ync, r)eset? s

bada bing! bada boom!

Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) 1.3.1 Final Release

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Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) 1.3.1 Final Release…

Will be installing Ruby on Rails using Cool Stack… this is the first of sets of post.. Now downloading the packages from Sun.com

Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) for the Sun Solaris Operating System(TM). Cool Stack is a collection of some of the most commonly used open source applications optimized for the Sun Solaris OS. By using these binaries you will enjoy the best levels of performance from your system, while also reducing your time-to-service.

Instructions: Select the files you want, then click the “Download Selected with Sun Download Manager” (SDM) button below to automatically install and use SDM (learn more). Alternately, click directly on file names to download with your browser. (Use of SDM is recommended but not required.)