Solaris

"zfs create" is slow
E. Braun wrote: Hello, "zfs create" gets slow, if the number of fily systems is increasing: # time zfs create zpool01/test01/test real 0m10.627s user 0m3.098s sys 0m0.346s # wc -l /etc/mnttab 1931 /etc/mnttab (same happens on "zfs destroy") When the table of mou... 2 Feb 2010 15:49

SPARC -> boot with a disabled SAN configuration
I have a v490, Solaris 10. I boot off of internal disk. I have 2 HDS data LUN's configured on the system. These were configured as ZFS pools which I have exported. I have removed the LUN's zoning, but have not removed any *SAN* configuration on the system. If I try and boot the system from the local disk, it waits ... 2 Feb 2010 15:49

Sendmail on Solaris 10 u8 10/08 configuration problem
I have been configuring a Ultra 20 M2 with Solaris 10 u8 10/08 loaded from scratch on a new hard disk. Since the installation will include a Mailman mail server, I wanted to give sendmail a thorough checkout before proceeding. I had already set up three user accounts on the machine a couple of weeks ago. Aft... 2 Feb 2010 15:49

sun java desktop - best way to mount an smb share?
dear all, using sun java desktop, how can i connect an smb file server share to physically appear as a drive on the desktop (like a cdrom does when inserted) plus mount in a certain location of the file system (e.g. /mnt) for general cli access ? just browsing available file server shares using the... 2 Feb 2010 15:49

Help! Old passwords still work in Solaris 10
Our servers only use the standard /etc/passwd, no LDAP or anything and I recently used passwd to change the user and root passwords on two boxes(one is a mostly identical failover). I happened to notice that, in addition to the new one, all the old passwords still work even from before I got here so I have to assum... 6 Feb 2010 18:32

(Follow-up) **** Need printing help in Solaris 10 zones
Hello all, Per John's suggestion below, I did issue the command to configure our global zone "atlantis" as the print server and configure our local zone "zoneA" as the print client. Also i issued the command below to send the postscript file for printing at printer1 : zoneA# lpadmin -p printer1 -s a... 4 Feb 2010 14:34

Lost the key to a Sun 420R
any ideas on how to start it - I need the key in and working to start the system......should/may I work on it with a screwdriver? any suggestions? ... 2 Feb 2010 15:49

nfs connection/version problem
Hi, After installing Solaris 5.10 on a UltraSparc III+, I have perfect connection to the internet, but can't connect to my nfs-server (Slackware 12). With this vfstab entry: Kaapstad:/admin - /mnt/Kaapstadadmin nfs - yes - I get this error after mount -a : nfs mount: Kaapstad:/a... 2 Feb 2010 15:48

SSD firmware update
I would like to update the firmware on some Sun SSD drives, however, all the links from the corresponding patch, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-143211-01-1 appear to be broken, e.g., the firmware update tool and further documentation. Is this working for anyone else? Thanks. ... 2 Feb 2010 22:01

gtk-server make error
... ... The GTK-server will be built with gcc as a standalone executable using Foreign Function Calls (FFCALL). Now run 'make' and 'make install' to build and install the GTK-server. root @ Homer /export/home/unix.d/sources.d/gtk-server-2.3.1-sr>make rm -f gtk-server *.a *.o *.log so_locations gcc -Wall -p... 27 Jan 2010 00:30