SUMMARY panics on boot

From: Fredrickson, James <James.Fredrickson_at_storagenetworks.com>
Date: Wed Jun 20 2001 - 09:10:40 EDT
Thanks to all who responded.  I got someone onsite to boot from cdrom and
had him rename modules to a set of drivers he had just installed, and it
came up.
Now I just need to determine what is wrong with the drivers, but that is a
much less serious issue than I had earlier.  
Thanks again!
Jim

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Today's Topics:

   1. Summary: sed question (George Monappallil)
   2. Bare Metal restores (Chris Gregors)
   3. Panic errors (Sue Thielen)
   4. sunsolve patches and bugtraqs questions (Tony Tran)
   5. zip files (Seth Rothenberg)
   6. trusted remote hosts failure - permission deny (Jian-Guo Sun)
   7. stupid sh/csh environment question (Jon)
   8. SUMMARY: Arithmetic expressions in /bin/sh (Ian Roddis)
   9. SUMMARY: transport protocol message (Maccy)
  10. mirroring a 450 (Erin Jones)
  11. PCI or sbus expansion on Ex500 machines? (Daniel Tate)
  12. Booting external disks (Eric Horne)
  13. File size differs when compressing and uncompressing (Nitin Sharma)
  14. SUMMARY:  Jumper for Firmware upgrade on Ultra5's (BAUMLER Julie L)

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Message: 1
From: George Monappallil <George.Monappallil@newsedge.com>
To: "'isp-solaris@isp-solaris.com'" <isp-solaris@isp-solaris.com>,
	"'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'" <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Subject: Summary: sed question
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:30:00 -0400

Thanks for all those who replied to my email. The general consensus was that
I have to change the write permissions on the directory that I was writing
into. I changed the permissions on the directory to 777 (temp tho) and was
able to write onto that directory. Sendmail was trying to write to that
directory as 'daemon' and that is why it was not able to write to it. I did
have to edit the script a bit to
sed '1,/^$/d' > /opt/home/aliasuser/aliases-users
The -n argument was creating a file but the file was empty. Many thanks
again to all those who answered.

George Monappallil

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	George Monappallil  
> Sent:	Monday, June 18, 2001 11:37 AM
> To:	'isp-solaris@isp-solaris.com'; 'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'
> Subject:	sed question
> 
> Hi guys:
> please excuse me if this is an offtopic question, but any help would be
> appreciated.
> I am trying to copy a file (aliases-users) from Unix box A to Unix box B.
> I am trying to do it via email. On unix box B, I have an alias set up in
> the /etc/mail/aliases file as
> aliastest: |/opt/home/aliasuser/aliasuser.sh
> 
> The email that comes through is piped through the filecopy.sh script.
> Filecopy.sh contains the following script
> sed -n '1,/^$/d' > /opt/home/aliasuser/aliases-users
> 
> This script just deletes the header information of the email and saves it
> to a new file. The problem is that when the email is piped through this
> program it is giving me the following error (in a mail bounceback)
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> |/opt/home/aliasuser/aliasuser.sh
>     (expanded from: <aliastest@usermail1.newsedge.com>)
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> /opt/home/aliasuser/aliasuser.sh: /opt/home/aliasuser/aliases-users:
> cannot create
> 554 |/opt/home/aliasuser/aliasuser.sh... unknown mailer error 1
> 
> 
> However if I just append to a file that has been 'touched' before(sed -n
> '1,/^$/d' >> /opt/home/aliasuser/aliases-users) it works fine.
> 
> Does any of know how to make this thing to work? Thanks in advance.
> 
> George
> 

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Message: 2
From: "Chris Gregors" <Chris.Gregors@telus.com>
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
Subject: Bare Metal restores
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:36:06 -0600

On aix, you can do a mksysb and make a bootable tape.
On HP, you can do an ignite and make a bootable tape.
On sun, you ??????????????????



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Message: 3
From: Sue Thielen <Sue.Thielen@epeople.com>
To: "Sun Manager (E-mail)" <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Cc: Sue Thielen <Sue.Thielen@epeople.com>
Subject: Panic errors
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:48:41 -0700

My Ultra 5 running Solaris 7 just started panicing and rebooting
constantly with the following error

savecore: reboot after panic: [AFT-12706288] Ecache Tag Parity Error on CPU0
Data access at TL=0, errID 0x0000096b.b262ca3a

It's up now... but probably not for long. I suspect it's a hardware issue...
Anyone have
any other thoughts out there?

sue


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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:12:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tony Tran <tonytran1@yahoo.com>
Subject: sunsolve patches and bugtraqs questions
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org

Dear Managers
I have a question about Sunsolve patches:
What is the advantage of having a Sunsolve account?
I've noticed that I do *not *need to have a Sunsolve
account in order to download certain patches (after
I run patchdiag). So what is the big deal about having
to have a Sunsolve account?
Also, I've heard about bugtraq database. How does one
get access to Sun bugtraq (or bugtraq+) database? 
Is there a mailing list where I can subscribe to be
notified of the new Sun bugs or bugtraqs?

Thanks and I will summarize
Tony

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:14:19 -0400
From: "Seth Rothenberg" <srothenb@montefiore.org>
To: <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Subject: zip files

Fellow Managers,
My users want some files e-mailed to them as Zipp archives.
We are using pkzip version 2.51 on Solaris 2.6.
I tried a number of ways to "zip" a directory so it can be sent off-site,
but I get errors when I try.

pkzip add -filetype=3Ddirectory -rec seth.zip lwradord2radord
Where the following is the output of=20
egate@eprod[~/seth]:> ls -l lwradord2radord
total 6
-rw-r--r--   1 egate    datagate       0 Jun 19 13:48 pkzip.cfg
drwxrwxrwx   5 egate    datagate     512 Jun 19 13:56 runtime
drwxrwxrwx   3 egate    datagate     512 Jun 19 13:56 sandbox
drwxrwxrwx   4 egate    datagate     512 Jun 19 13:56 userlocks
egate@eprod[~/seth]:>=20
I have reviewed the help for pkzip and the FAQ online,
and have tried a number of permutations, including=20
-filetype=3Dall, etc.

I'd appreciate if anyone has suggestions or examples.
Thanks
Seth



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Message: 6
From: Jian-Guo Sun <jianguo@speck.spectracom.com>
Subject: trusted remote hosts failure - permission deny
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 101 13:30:07 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: jian.sun@speck.spectracom.com (Jian Sun)

Hello all,

I have three machines A, B and C. A tape drive for system backup is
installed in A. B is able to access the tape drive in A but C can't!

I created /.rhosts in A for both B and A entries. A and B are running
Solaris 2.5.1 but C is running Solaris 8. 

The error message from C:
ufsrestore ivfs A:/dev/rmt/0 1 
permission denied

Any hints please!?

Thank you in advance.

Jianguo

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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:38:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jon <jon@slurpee.org>
To: <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Subject: stupid sh/csh environment question

Ok, I have a script that works fine if I run ". script.sh" in a bourne
shell, but if I run sh script.sh it runs the script but doesnt set the
environment variables. My developers are all using different shells, but
need this script, and I'd rather not keep porting it, and clue to how to
get around this?

thanks,
jon


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Message: 8
From: "Ian Roddis" <roddis@nortelnetworks.com>
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
Subject: SUMMARY: Arithmetic expressions in /bin/sh
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:47:37 -0400

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Hi again,

  The overwhelming response was to go with ksh instead of sh ( with quite a
bit of poking at other OSs for non-standard sh implementations :) ). Just
for fun, though, I persevered. Taking advantage of the fact that I was
dealing with known quantities ( IP addresses ), I came up with the
following.

_NETWORK=`echo $_IP_ADDRESS $_NETMASK | sed -e 's/\./ /g' | awk '{
        network = ( $1  - ( $1 % ( 255 - $5 + 1 ) ) )
        for ( i = 2 ; i <= 4 ; i++ ) network = network "." ( $i - ( $i % (
255 - $( i + 4 ) + 1 ) ) )
        print network
}'`

  This works for all netmasks when applied to each octet. ( Even odd ones
like 255.255.236.0 ).
  This solution seems cleaner ( at least easier to read ) than an equivalent
solution in sh or ksh. I didn't try using arrays in ksh, so it might be
easier.

Thanks muchly to all who responded.

  -Ian


Original Question:

Hi,

  I need to do bitwise operations within a shell script to determine
netmasks for a range of IPs ( not interfaces on the current box ). I can't
use perl for this ( this will be run on 1500+ nodes, not all configured the
same way ). In every other implementation of /bin/sh I've used you could do
something like this:
	echo $(( numberX & numberY ))
  This doesn't work in Solaris. Is there any way to do this without
downloading extra tools?

Thanks,
  Ian

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hi again,</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp; The overwhelming response was to go with ksh =
instead of sh ( with quite a bit of poking at other OSs for =
non-standard sh implementations :) ). Just for fun, though, I =
persevered. Taking advantage of the fact that I was dealing with known =
quantities ( IP addresses ), I came up with the following.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>_NETWORK=3D`echo $_IP_ADDRESS $_NETMASK | sed -e =
's/\./ /g' | awk '{</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; network =
=3D ( $1&nbsp; - ( $1 % ( 255 - $5 + 1 ) ) )</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for ( i =
=3D 2 ; i &lt;=3D 4 ; i++ ) network =3D network &quot;.&quot; ( $i - ( =
$i % ( 255 - $( i + 4 ) + 1 ) ) )</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; print =
network</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>}'`</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp; This works for all netmasks when applied to =
each octet. ( Even odd ones like 255.255.236.0 ).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp; This solution seems cleaner ( at least easier =
to read ) than an equivalent solution in sh or ksh. I didn't try using =
arrays in ksh, so it might be easier.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks muchly to all who responded.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp; -Ian</FONT>
</P>
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Original Question:</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hi,</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp; I need to do bitwise operations within a shell =
script to determine netmasks for a range of IPs ( not interfaces on the =
current box ). I can't use perl for this ( this will be run on 1500+ =
nodes, not all configured the same way ). In every other implementation =
of /bin/sh I've used you could do something like this:</FONT></P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=3D2>echo $(( =
numberX &amp; numberY ))</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp; This doesn't work in Solaris. Is there any =
way to do this without downloading extra tools?</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp; Ian</FONT>
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Message: 9
Reply-To: "Maccy" <maccy@maccomms.co.uk>
From: "Maccy" <maccy@maccomms.co.uk>
To: <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Subject: SUMMARY: transport protocol message
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:40:27 +0100
Organization: MacTel Communications Ltd.


My thanks go to :-

Julian Simpson
Tony Brown
Nate Campi
Martin Carpenter
Thomas Carter

Solution :

'rquotad' started from inetd, so if you comment it out in /etc/inetd.conf
and type in 'init q' (to read the new inittab).

Seems to work so far - messages have disappeared, and I should have
commented this line out before.

Original question was :
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I didn't get any answers to my initial query so I'm repeating in case
> > anyone has any further ideas. I am seeing many messages in my
> > log files of
> > the form :-
> >
> > Jun 18 15:28:39 soar rquotad[3276]: [ID 288276 mail.error]
> > warning: unable
> > to identify transport protocol
> >
> > This machine runs the very latest version of Solaris 8. Any
> > ideas? My logs
> > are going mental......
> >
> > Regards
> > Mark Mahabir
> >
> > ----
> > Mark .I. Mahabir (XMM SSC Computer Operator)
> > Dept of Physics & Astronomy,        Phone  +44 116 252 5652
> > University of Leicester,            Fax    +44 116 252 3311
> > Leicester, LE1 7RH,  U.K.



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Message: 10
From: "Erin Jones" <erin@internationalcomputing.com>
To: "SUNmanagers" <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Subject: mirroring a 450
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:51:33 -0400

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hey all,=20
I have a pair of e450s w/ (as I recall) identical hardware.  I would =
like to make one a clone of the other (w/ different ip and hostname)  =
anybody have any ideas on how do to this easily.  the one to be cloned =
has mirrored disks (using disksuite)  i don't have any more spaces on my =
backplane to put in more drives or I would just try to dd them.  anybody =
have any fancy ideas?

thanx
ej

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Message: 11
From: Daniel Tate <dtate@sath.com>
To: "'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'" <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Subject: PCI or sbus expansion on Ex500 machines?
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:39:12 -0500

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I've got a E5500 and a E4500, both totally loaded - however, the need to add
another card to each system has recently came up - Barring the future netra
Ex line upgrades to support Exx00's,  does anyone know of any external
expansion options?


TIA,

Daniel S. Tate, SCSA, MCP, A+
Unix Administrator, Shop at Home 
(615) 263-8381 | dtate@sath.com
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expansion options?</FONT></P>
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:26:27 -0700
From: Eric Horne <eric.horne@std.teradyne.com>
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
Subject: Booting external disks

All-

  Howdy.. 

  I've got an Ultra 60 with two controllers. An external disk is
attached to the second controller. How do I (or can I) force the
workstation to boot from the external disk? I tried booting from the
/pci@.../ path, but that didn't seem to work (can't open the device). 

  Any ideas? 

  I'll summarize.. Thanks!

-Eric

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Message: 13
Reply-To: <sharma@cdcla.com>
From: "Nitin Sharma" <sharma@cdcla.com>
To: <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Subject: File size differs when compressing and uncompressing
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:43:44 -0700

Hi friends,

I am facing a problem on Sun Solaris 2.6 OS, When I compress a particular
file it gives me different size if I run compress utility again on the
uncompress file.
Regards Nitin
CDC Los Angles
Office:-(310) 302-3150
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Message: 14
From: BAUMLER Julie L <julie.x.baumler@co.multnomah.or.us>
To: "'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'" <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Subject: SUMMARY:  Jumper for Firmware upgrade on Ultra5's
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:43:51 -0700

Original Question:

Does anyone know if there is a problem with leaving the JP2 jumper on an
Ultra5 or Ultra10 in the writable position?  This is the jumper that allows
you to upgrade the firmware on these systems.  I'm aware of the general
potential problems of having the firmware set to write enabled, but other
Suns (like the UE450's) come with the firmware jumper set to write enabled
and we leave it that way.  I'm looking for problems that would be specific
to the Ultra5 or Ultra10.

I received one answer from Christophe Dupre (Thanks Christophe!):

--- begin quote ---

Hi,
there's no real problem other than the inherently insecure configuration -
note that a destroyed firmware (due to software bug, trojan, or other) may
leave your Sun unable to boot.
As for the E250, E450, etc, they can be made secure by turning the key in
the front to the 'locked' position, which also protect against STOP-A /
breaks coming from the console (serial A).

--- end quote ---

Since my particular concern at the moment is keeping firmware up-to-date on
a couple of rack-mounted test systems in a physically secure location, I'll
probably leave the jumper in the writeable position next time I have to move
it.

Julie

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503-988-3749 X26909
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