Questions tagged [aix]
AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive, pronounced "a i ex") is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM for several of its computer platforms.
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Trouble Installing Apache from Source AIX
I am trying to install Apache 2.4.58 on AIX 7.2 from source, to a custom location, but make keeps running into trouble and I'm out of ideas. I know there is a script under build/aix, but we have never ...
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Get file system type in AIX
I want to fetch the file system types in AIX like NFS and all. du command shows just the file systems not their types. How can I do that?
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change shell to /usr/bin/false in IBM aix os
I would define the program run for the user at session initiation into /usr/bin/false in /etc/passwd. The default value parameter is /usr/bin/ksh.
When I try to modify it with commands:
bash-5.1# ...
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crontab -l not showing previous job
Earlier we scheduled a job in crontab and jobs are running fine. One of my teammates executed the crontab command; now previously scheduled jobs are not listing when you execute the crontab -l ...
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AIX 7.1/ AIX 7.2 filesystem not persistently mounted across reboots and appears corrupted
OS: AIX 7.1 / AIX 7.2
Arch: ppc-64
I have created a custom (non-root) volume group homevg
bash-5.1# lsvg homevg
VOLUME GROUP: homevg VG IDENTIFIER: ...
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How to change the PVID of a device and still be able to import the Volume Group in AIX?
I have 3 disks that are copies of other disks so they have the same PVID's. I would like to change the PVID of those disks and import the volume group but as I understand the VGDA information on the ...
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Password Rules histsize Ineffective for Some Users
We're trying to deploy a tightened password policy on an AIX 5.3: Users are not allowed to reused last 24 passwords.
So, I change histsize from the previous value from 5 to 24 in /etc/security/user,
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Apache Ant setup in Aix
I want to install Apache Ant on my AIX 6.1 Server and I'm facing some issues.
When I visit the link http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html I did not understand the installation step for the files ...
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Can we list all possible reason for a cron job crashed or killed?
We have some cron jobs which cannot be dead otherise the consequence would be davastating. So we need to have an eye on the process and know exactly what cause the death of a job. So I would like to ...
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Missing or skipped ICMP_Seq In AIX Ping
I noticed an intermittent slow response on the ping from my application server to my database server. So to diagnose, I tested using a standard ping and Telnet tests.
For the telnet tests, it was ...
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Samba 3.6 on AIX 7.1 - Windows 10 Access to AIX file shares using Active Directory authentication
I am running AIX 7.1 and currently we have samba 3.6.25 installed on the server. As it stands some AIX folders are shared that can be accessed by certain Windows users. Kerberos is not installed on ...
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not getting last Password change time on AIX by default lsuser command
I need all attributes for all users from AIX system for this I am using
"lsuser -f ALL command" this gives me all attributes but not giving lastupdate attribute which used to indicate last password ...
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An SQLite/STDIN Conundrum, Specific to AIX
I'm been playing around with SQlite at work, specifically with trying to get the sqlite3 command line tool to accept stdin instead of a file. Sounds easy enough, on linux you can execute a command ...
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Why this java processes are not ending once cronjob has executed in the AIX server?
I have set a crontab for execute a java service in every 8 hours in AIX(7.1) operating system. Once the crontab has done the job, the JAVA service should be end. This cronjob is working properly. But ...
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Where do you normally keep your UNIX/Linux scripts?
There are numerous scripts that I have written for my server. Some of them are in my ~/scripts and some of them are in application directories.
I am just wondering is there a directory that you would ...
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Determine the full oslevel (incl build date) of a local AIX repository without patching / installing
In our environment, only one of our AIX servers is permitted to access the internet through the firewall. On this one server, I use suma to download all fixes for all base levels, technology levels ...
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How to run smbpasswd as root on AIX?
I have Hitachi ID Password Manager (formerly p-synch) set up to change the password on (among other systems) an aix 6.1 server running samba. p-synch has the capability of executing additional ...
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AIX Samba user access getpwuid failed
I have installed Samba 4.12.10 via yum in AIX 7.2. I have also installed kerberos package to authenticate samba with kerberos.
My objective is to allow users access of folders/files in AIX from their ...
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Is JDK 1.6 supported in IBM POWER 9(AIX 7.1-7.2)?
I would like to check if jdk 1.6 is supported in AIX 7.2.
We are planning to upgrade from AIX7.1-7.2 (POWER7-POWER9).
But we are not sure if we have to upgrade java . As our development is done in JDK ...
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Alternatives to CURL, WGET
Is anyone aware of any alternatives to curl and wget? The key functional requirement I'm looking for is to be able to execute an HTTPS GET request against a known URL.
The reason I'm looking for an ...
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AIX sed parsing error 0602-404 but works with Linux sed?
I have this sed working in Linux and have a few AIX servers I need to use it on as well but keep getting this error and I can't find any information on it even though it's specific.
Got the following ...
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Filesystem full with 'df' but seems actually not
On my AIX 6.1 server, i have a problem on a VIO LPAR.
A filesystem seams to be full with the 'df' command, but not with 'du' or 'ls' for example.
I searched but I don't understand where the problem ...
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How can you set the SMTP envelope MAIL FROM in AIX 6.1 Sendmail?
We have new SMTP relay host and it requires that the sender's email address should be the company's official email domain instead of server hostname
Already did masquerade using generetics table. ...
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How can I recursively delete old files and prune resulting empty directories?
We're using an AIX server to house thousands and thousands of little files in a nested directory structure. I'm trying to write a script that will recursively delete old files, and then delete the ...
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Is this a viable way to perform a VIOS update and prepare for a quick back out at the same time?
Is the procedure below viable for performing a VIOS update and, at the same time, preparing for a quick back out if necessary?
Assume that the existing VIOS is mirrored on hdisk0 and hdisk1.
Therefore,...
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-XX:MaxNewSize and other JVM parameter setting in AIX
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I am trying to adjust our application's memory settings: JVM and Heap adjustments. I also came across -XX:MaxNewSize parameter.
Our application runs on a AIX machine which has ample RAM (100+ GB)....
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Du tells me it can't find the current directory?
I'm on AIX, and in some directories I can't use the du command. I get the follow error message:
du: 0653-175 Cannot find the current directory.
Obviously the current directory exists, and I have ...
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SSH between two servers Linux and AIX
I am trying to do passwordless SSH between two server Linux (source) and AIX (destination)
For this i have created public key in Linux server and coped this public key in destination server user ...
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Install rpm packages with Ansible using rpm application (not yum)
I want to install some RPM packages using Ansible and the installed rpm package manager. yum is not installed.
Using command module with rpm -i {{package}} causes the task to fail if the package is ...
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Time-Limit for shell script in AIX
I want to run a shell script with time limit of 50s.Below work fine in linux.
timeout 50s sudo sh my-script.sh
But i have AIX server where i want to run above script with time limit of 50 seconds....
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SSH from windows to AIX
I am trying to do SSH from Windows to AIX.
I am able to do SSH.But i have some doubt how SSH is working here.
pqp1111 is the user in AIX server.
In home directory of pqp1111 i can see below key is ...
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Can c11 compiler be installed on AIX 5.3?
Is it feasible to install c11 c-compiler on AIX 5.3? IBM documentation only refers to AIX 7.1 and higher being supported... but would it work if I attempt to install?
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redirect tail output to a remote serever
I want to tail -f a local file, for example app1.log, and send its output to a file on a remote server.
tail -f app1.log >> <remote server>:/home/remote.log
Is this doable?
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how do i list remote print queues in aix?
So lpstat returns all print queues. What is a quick way to determine which of the print queues are remote and which are local?
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Duplicate ACK and TCP Retransmissions
I'm doing some scp transfers between an AIX and a Linux in two separated LAN (I have a VPN between them).
Sometimes the connection ends well, so I get 50MB/s. In many other cases, instead, the ...
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How to catch DNS request using 'netstat' in Unix
I am working in a bank where 'netcat' is not there. I am having problem wherein one DNS server of the two going down is causing impact. In order to troubleshoot, I need to catch the request (incoming ...
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Questions about AIX passwd file
I'm a beginner in AIX and I have 2 questions on AIX's passwd file.
If there is a hash (#) symbol in front of a username, what does
this mean?
Correct me if I'm wrong. On the password field, if a
user ...
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Space not released after deleting files - AIX Version 5.3
I have AIX Version 5.3. I have deleted some file from the file system but the space is not released.
The percentage of inodes in use is adequate.
Is there any permanent fix for this?
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Command to get adapter type
Do you know if there is a command for AIX servers to check which is their adapter type? I am trying to find if my AIX server is NPIV or vSCSI
Thanks in advance
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Accidentally unlinked /usr/lib/libcrypt.a. Is there a way to recover from this?
I have been upgrading OpenSSH and OpenSSL and I have accidentally deleted the file /usr/lib/libcrypt.a and now most features in AIX just doesn't work. Is back-up/restore the only way to recover from ...
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OpenSSL upgrade to 3.0.0 and now OpenSSH fails in AIX 7.1
I have recently upgraded the built-in OpenSSL to 3.0.0. All testing after upgrade was working fine but on reboot to finalize changes SFTP and SSH have failed to initiate. I was no longer able to re-...
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How to reload /etc/hosts file in AIX without reboot
How to reload /etc/hosts file in AIX without reboot?
I am trying to ping a new entry but it still shows previous version. Thanks
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Restricting ssh access for local user with exception
I have a local user in AIX system now my management want to restrict ssh access for that local user except two servers.
I tried many options in ssh configuration by creating AllowUsers, DenyUsers, ...
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Apache 2.4 on AIX 6.1, multiple virtual hosts with Proxy/BalancerMember -> problems with shared memory (shm) slotmem files
I have an Apache 2.4.23 configuration with mod_proxy/mod_proxy_balancer/mod_slotmem_shm/mod_lbmethod_byrequests enabled.
Furthermore, I have multiple VirtualHost listening on different ports with a ...
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Slower response to AIX Virtual IP
Server_A is an AIX 5.3 server assigned 192.168.1.8.
TNS Ping to it's Oracle 9i DB instance was 120 msec.
A month later, Server_B with identical specs was built assigned 192.168.1.9.
Virtual IP 192....
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Prevent CRON jobs from running on Standby AIX server
We have an Active/Standby pair of AIX 5.3 Unix servers.
Business requirement dictates keeping a list of components synchronized between them e.g. Oracle RDBMS using Data Guard and certain OS file &...
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mklink folders from Windows server to AIX
We need to make a softlink to other server on AIX and when doing accordingly to guide in cmd occurs an error
mklink /D \\10.0.0.10\folder C:\folder
and it returns - The request is not supported
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Memory per user on AIX
nmon is showing me 99% memory usage and swap activity. My user is not very active at the moment so it should be someone elses fault.
Is there a way I figure how much memory each user is taking?
Must ...
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Putty Wyse60 emulation
I have AIX (v.7) box and using TinyTerm app.
However Id prefer to use Putty instead.
Problem is I do not have there proper key mapping - I miss there Wyse60 emulation.
Is there any way to configure ...
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Connecting a Fujitsu SS-170A phone to Asterisk
I have recently acquired a Fujitsu SS-170A VoIP phone in order to connect it to my Asterisk server.
First things first, I am able to perfectly use softphones in the same network I am setting up the ...