Success, failure of the tar command recorded with time and date stamp
I needed to determine the amount of time it would take to archive large amount of data on my unix server. If I had infinite amount of free time I …
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How to delete a file or directory with special characters using the inode in Unix or Linux
My fat fingers inadvertently created a directory on my unix server with special characters. I could not access this directory nor could I delete it. When I listed the directory …
Read MoreList files by size in reverse numerical order in Linux or Unix.
The root drive on my Solaris server was full and I needed to find out what file was the largest. The du command can list the size of the files …
Read MoreHow to migrate users and groups from Solaris 9 to 10?
I just installed Solaris 10 on a new SPARC server, now I need to migrate the userids and groups over. The optimal way to migrate the userids while retaining their …
Read MoreStrange message when launching the vi editor.
I got this strange error message when launching the vi text editor during the installation of Solaris 10, I don’t know what kind of terminal you are on – all …
Read MoreConfigure DNS client on Soalris 10 server to resolve telnet login delay
I just installed and configure a new Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 server. It seems that when I telnet to the sever from a remote computer it takes a while to …
Read MoreForgot the root password for my Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server, how do I change it?
I built this Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server in VMware a while ago and forgot the root password. I can log in as a user but it does not …
Read MoreUnix bash script to check if the files exists in the directory
As a server administrator I seldom have to check to see if a file exists in the directory. But what if you have a long list of files that you …
Read MoreScripts to automate the process of identifying and compiling an RDM to LUN mapping list for VMware ESX 3.0
In an earlier posting I listed a copy of the article explaining how to manually create a RDM to LUN mapping for VMware ESX. I have created scripts to completly …
Read MoreCommand to display the current run level in Solaris
If you forget the current run level you have loaded in Solaris, here is a handy command to help you find out what it is. who -r This will output …
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