Category Archives: Solaris
(ufsrestore) Make Bootable – Recovering the Root or /usr File System
This is some kind of a followup from the first post about ufsdump – how to backup solaris filesystem 1. Replace and partition the disk if it has failed. 2. Because the system cannot be booted from the boot disk, boot from the CD-ROM and re-create the failed file system by issuing the newfs command: … Continue reading
How To Run or Execute Explorer in Solaris
Here’s the common way to run explorer.. first time run this: # /opt/SUNWexplo/bin/explorer -g from then on, run this; # /opt/SUNWexplo/bin/explorer there are many options to explorer for certain things, but just by itself should get you most of what you need. just want to repeat that for retention: You can run /opt/SUNWexplo/bin/explorer. The first … Continue reading
KSH Script Basics | Special Shell Variables
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.
SSH Tectia: Setup Public-Key Authentication
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 … Continue reading
Veritas Volume Manager VxVM Basics Commands Cheats
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 … Continue reading