RHEL 2.4 on Z9

2008-12-01 Thread Stahr, Lea
Do we have a RHEL 2.4 available for my Z9? Is anyone using it today? Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer Linux and zLinux Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff /

Changing local password after NIS on SuSE V8

2008-11-14 Thread Stahr, Lea
I have several SuSE 8 systems yet to convert to SuSE 10. The V8 systems all use NIS logons. For my local ROOT account, I cannot change the password. Linux tells me it has been changed but it lies! My NIS logons work OK. Any ideas Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer Linux and zLinux

Re: Cannot IPL zVM

2008-11-13 Thread Stahr, Lea
I would suggest that you have a very small zVM emergency system to IPL to allow you to fix the main system. I had a 2 volume system just for that purpose. Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer Linux and zLinux Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

Re: Linux VM intermittently goes non-responsive

2008-10-31 Thread Stahr, Lea
As usual, Bill is right on top of things! Good job Bill. Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer Linux and zLinux Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Bitner Sent: Friday,

SSH on SuSE 10 SP1 problem

2008-10-31 Thread Stahr, Lea
I cannot start SSH on my cloned SuSE 10 SP1 system under zVM. It does not start at boot time, but gives the error cipher_encrypt: bad plaintext length 337 I get the same error if I manually try to start it. In the Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 page 152 it gives the procedure for

Re: SSH on SuSE 10 SP1 problem

2008-10-31 Thread Stahr, Lea
on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland Lucius Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 9:03 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SSH on SuSE 10 SP1 problem Stahr, Lea wrote: brksvl01:/usr/bin # ssh-keygen -t rsa -N -q -f ssh_host_rsa_key I believe you're using a double quote

Re: SSH on SuSE 10 SP1 problem

2008-10-31 Thread Stahr, Lea
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SSH on SuSE 10 SP1 problem The character is an escape character for the virtual machine console (aka 3215). To enter two double quotes you need to type in 4 of them. On 10/31/08 10:05 AM, Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I typed in two double quotes

Re: SSH on SuSE 10 SP1 problem

2008-10-31 Thread Stahr, Lea
9:03 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SSH on SuSE 10 SP1 problem Stahr, Lea wrote: brksvl01:/usr/bin # ssh-keygen -t rsa -N -q -f ssh_host_rsa_key I believe you're using a double quote () and when it maybe should have been two singles (''). In any case, you're missing a close quote

Re: SSH on SuSE 10 SP1 problem

2008-10-31 Thread Stahr, Lea
The shortened procedure worked fine. I received messages that new keys were generated when I booted the system the first time. Thanks to all. Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer Linux and zLinux Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From:

Re: Cloning SuSE 10 under VM

2008-10-30 Thread Stahr, Lea
compare what you change with what the script changes. Ron Foster Baldor Stahr, Lea wrote: I am using the same method of cloning SuSE 10 that I used for SuSE 8. I DDR the disks, the use RPL to replace the name and IP in /etc files. This worked well for SuSE 8, but for SuSE 10 I have a file(s

Re: Cloning SuSE 10 under VM

2008-10-30 Thread Stahr, Lea
I have an /etc/HOSTNAME and its correct. I just downloaded and printed the book this morning. Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer Linux and zLinux Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Cloning SuSE 10 under VM

2008-10-30 Thread Stahr, Lea
on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stahr, Lea Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:32 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Cloning SuSE 10 under VM I have an /etc/HOSTNAME and its correct. I just downloaded and printed the book this morning. Lea Stahr Senior Systems

Cloning SuSE 10 under Vm

2008-10-29 Thread Stahr, Lea
I am using the same method of cloning SuSE 10 that I used for SuSE 8. I DDR the disks, the use RPL to replace the name and IP in /etc files. This worked well for SuSE 8, but for SuSE 10 I have a file(s) somewhere else that is not being changed and prevents me from using NIS. Any ideas where

Re: z10 BC is Here

2008-10-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
And I still like my 360 model 30 back in 1967. Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer Linux and zLinux Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Wednesday, October

Re: z10 BC is Here

2008-10-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
Of Douglas Wooster Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:33 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: z10 BC is Here On 10/22/2008 07:21:41 AM, Stahr, Lea wrote: And I still like my 360 model 30 back in 1967. Hey! We had two of those, when I first got into the business ... in 1977. The OS was 14KB

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere

2008-10-14 Thread Stahr, Lea
Does anyone have IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere running on zLinux or know if it will run there? The manual does not mention this environment. Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer Linux and zLinux Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere

2008-10-14 Thread Stahr, Lea
Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stahr, Lea Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:08 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [LINUX-390] IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere Does anyone have IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere

Re: IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere

2008-10-14 Thread Stahr, Lea
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stahr, Lea Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:08 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere Does anyone have IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere running on zLinux or know if it will run

Re: SSH/Telnet into SuSE V10 SP1 problem

2008-10-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:35 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SSH/Telnet into SuSE V10 SP1 problem On 10/6/2008 at 8:45 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed SuSE 10 SP1 in my IFL 2nd level. It is running OK, but I cannot SSH

FTP problem

2008-10-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:12 AM To: Stahr, Lea Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ftp brksvl10 Connected to brksvl10. 220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5) 530 Please login with USER and PASS. 530 Please login with USER and PASS. KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type - Josh Josh Doornbos

SSH/Telnet into SuSE V10 SP1 problem

2008-10-06 Thread Stahr, Lea
I have installed SuSE 10 SP1 in my IFL 2nd level. It is running OK, but I cannot SSH, Telnet, or VNC into it. My only access is from VM. Any idea about what I missed? SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=167.6.208.17 DST=167.6.0.6 LEN=48 TO S=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=122 ID=28163 DF PROTO=TCP

Re: Weird application freeze problem

2008-09-11 Thread Stahr, Lea
NTP on Linux? Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer Linux and zLinux Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:34 AM To:

OmniFind for DB2 text searching

2008-08-26 Thread Stahr, Lea
We are considering a pilot of OmniFind Text Search Server for DB2. It requires 4GB of memory, 20GB of disk, 2 dual-core 2.66 GHZ processors and a 32 bit SuSE SLES 10 OS. Is anyone running this on VM in an IFL? Is it possible? CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, and any attachments and/or

DASD problem

2008-08-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
I have a SLES 8 system that is coming up with /var not mounted. When I run a fsck /dev/dasdd1 on it I receive the following: fsck.reiserfs /dev/dasdd1 failed (status 0x10). Run manually! Anything I can do to save it? Lea Stahr Senior Systems Engineer zVM, Linux and zLinux

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
When I installed VM BSEPP, I did not know if the idea of virtualization would last. Now I have a penguin ranch. Lea Stahr zVM, Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
OS/VS1? Lea Stahr zVM, Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:59 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
recovery stuff). We even had pre-production 3270 screens g. I know, this dates me a lot g. Kevin -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stahr, Lea Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:46 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
started at the outside or the inside of the PT spool. 2540 card reader/puches and 1403 printers. Ah, the good ole days.g. Kevin -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stahr, Lea Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:11 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU

Linux version

2008-08-19 Thread Stahr, Lea
There is a command that will id the version of Linux. I tried uname -a and it did not tell me the distribution. Lea Stahr zVM, Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -390 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, and any attachments and/or documents linked to

Adding SuSE 10 dasd

2008-08-12 Thread Stahr, Lea
I am trying to add disk to SuSE SLES 10. In SLES 8, I did a MAKEDEV to create the device file, then did a format and a mkswap. I have no MAKEDEV script (I did a FIND on it). How can I make a device file for a new DASD? Lea Stahr zVM, Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445

Re: Adding SuSE 10 dasd

2008-08-12 Thread Stahr, Lea
The disk was defined in the VM directory for the Linux guest but was not picked up during the boot. On SLES 8 we added them ZIPL.CONF but the SLES 10 ZIPL.CONF file does not contain the disk range on the PARAMETERS statement. Lea Stahr zVM, Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc.

Re: Adding SuSE 10 dasd

2008-08-12 Thread Stahr, Lea
is: dasd_configure ccwid online use_diag And, as mentioned, after you add the disk(s), run mkinitrd and zipl. The script creates the hardware config file for the disk in /etc/sysconfig/hardware. On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The disk was defined in the VM directory

Re: Next Baybunch at IBM San Francisco-Friday Aug 6

2008-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
Friday August 6 of what year? Lea Stahr zVM, Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pamela Christina - warm and sunny Endicott NY Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Re: VNC problem

2008-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:33 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: VNC problem On 8/6/2008 at 3:27 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks! The firewall was active by default, and I now get a connection after shutting

Re: VNC problem

2008-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
I used port 5901 to get through the firewall and it worked. Dumb me. Lea Stahr zVM, Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stahr, Lea Sent: Thursday, August 07

Re: VNC problem

2008-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stahr, Lea Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:41 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: VNC problem I tried that and I could not get it to work, The firewall stopped all access. I tried the standard port 2 and I tried 5801. Lea Stahr zVM, Linux

Re: VNC problem

2008-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stahr, Lea Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:01 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: VNC problem I was using a W2000 client and VNC did not respond

Re: AW: Linux sles9 felt in coma

2008-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
Thanks Gary. I am using the default LDUBUF : Q1=100% Q2=75% Q3=60% and will try this, then the STORBUF: Q1=140% Q2=130% Q3=120%. Lea Stahr zVM, Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Linux on 390 Port

Re: AW: Linux sles9 felt in coma

2008-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
, found at VELOCITYSOFTWARE.COM/seminar/workshop.html I would recomend you at least see day one. Horst, you should look at the handout from the configuration guidelines you received from me about 3 years ago. Or review VELOCITYSOFTWARE.COM/PRESENT/CONFIG. Stahr, Lea wrote: Thanks Gary. I

Re: VNC problem

2008-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:23 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: VNC problem On 8/7/2008 at 9:04 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just tried the web interface and it responded to 5801, but I had to give it ROOT

Re: VNC problem

2008-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:38 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: VNC problem On 8/7/2008 at 11:32 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I enter on port 5901 it takes me immediately to the Linux login screen

VNC problem

2008-08-06 Thread Stahr, Lea
I have a new SuSE 10 SP1 guest. I have started the VNCSERVER on Linux. I cannot connect to it, the connections timeout from W2000 viewers. I am using VNC 4.1.2. I have looked at the RealVNC site and cannot find the problem. I do not know what is supplied with Linux. Should I try the newer 4.4

Re: VNC problem

2008-08-06 Thread Stahr, Lea
. - Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 08/06/2008 02:47 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject VNC problem I have a new SuSE 10 SP1 guest. I have started

Re: vi alternative?

2008-08-05 Thread Stahr, Lea
I have installed the SuSE 10 SP1 under my zVM 5.2. I chose to do the SSH install and it worked OK. When I tried to use PUTTY to access the system, it presented the LOGON and PASSWORD prompts but I always receive an ACCESS DENIED reply. I can SSH in from a SuSE 8 guest OK using the same userid and

Re: vi alternative?

2008-08-05 Thread Stahr, Lea
I tried the 2 only and it abended. Then I turned on X11 Forwarding and it worked. This is the newest level of PUTTY .60 . Thanks everyone for your help. Lea Stahr Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port

Re: Ruby on Rails

2008-05-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
Inefficiency? Aren't all interpretive languages inefficient by definition versus compiled languages? Lea Stahr Linux, zLinux, and zVM Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob van

Re: Ruby on Rails

2008-05-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
Generally, most executions are highly repetitive, making the execution time the determining factor. The less CPU time the better. Ad hoc runs are more concerned with coding time, and the development times are high value. I have seen so much really bad Java lately that eats wall clock time! Lea

Re: SuSE 10 Starter System Problem

2008-04-25 Thread Stahr, Lea
] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:46 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SuSE 10 Starter System Problem On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:53 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am installing the SuSE SLES 10 Starter System on VM V5.2. Everything

SuSE 10 Starter System Problem

2008-04-24 Thread Stahr, Lea
I am installing the SuSE SLES 10 Starter System on VM V5.2. Everything works fine until I try to VMARC UNPACK NOV151 VMARC G * * A. It does a lot of I/O for 15 minutes, then hangs with no I/O for hours. I have tried the VMARC that came with the Starter System and the one on the 19F disk with the

Re: Peoplesoft/Oracle on SUSE Linux under zSeries

2008-02-08 Thread Stahr, Lea
We looked at doing this but could find no users that ran it all. The Oracle will run on zVM but we were told not PeopleSoft code. Lea Stahr Linux, zLinux, and zVM Administrator 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: SuSE Versions

2008-01-31 Thread Stahr, Lea
On Red Hat, the file is /etc/redhat-release. Lea Stahr Linux, zLinux, and zVM Administrator 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edmund R. MacKenty Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:13 PM To:

Re: CSL-WAVE

2008-01-28 Thread Stahr, Lea
Probably everyone on this list has received help from Barton in the past. Lea Stahr Linux, zLinux, and zVM Administrator 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:41

Re: IP address changed, how do I update rhel4 to match?

2008-01-16 Thread Stahr, Lea
I have been using rpl for years to help clone Linux systems easily. From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Gary Detro Sent: Tue 1/15/2008 7:00 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: IP address changed, how do I update rhel4 to match? I found a module from

Possible problem on using new Starter System

2007-11-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
I do not know if the problem is me or the new procedure. To FTP any files, I cannot FTP directly to/from Windows and zVM V5.1. I can FTP from Windoze to a SLES 8, then from VM do a GET (two stage transfer). In using the new procedure to FTP VMAEXEC, I change to binary OK, but when I try to site

Re: IBM's Next Generation Mainframe Processor

2007-10-16 Thread Stahr, Lea
We lost our Linux Websphere POC to the Windows group because we were too slow. I want a Z6 tomorrow. Lea Stahr Linux, zLinux, and zVM Administrator 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent:

Re: Novell Suse vs Red Hat

2007-09-25 Thread Stahr, Lea
We use SuSE on the z. The original reason was the support for our environment. Last week at the IBM Expo, two presenters from IBM said that they had given code to SuSE and Red Hat that only SuSE had included in their distributions. Our two 32 bit Red Hat HPC clusters are Red Hat today but the

Re: FW: IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes | NetworkWorld.com Community

2007-08-01 Thread Stahr, Lea
Keep to the conceptual ideas and ignore the possibly inaccurate details. I am looking for more customers on Linux here at ITEC. Lea Stahr Linux and zLinux Administrator 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark

Re: Dropping off...

2007-05-10 Thread Stahr, Lea
I worked on a B3500 and all I can remember was the goofy card reader with the drum. Cards would shoot all over the computer room when the gate stuck open. Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Used 3480 Tapes

2007-05-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
Installation of the RPQ will be..you guessed it, Saturday Night! Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hare Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:13 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU

Re: NIS on Linux

2007-03-30 Thread Stahr, Lea
getent is working, pam should not have any issues, although you might need to tweak the pam stack to handle if the NIS server is unavailable. Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 03/22

Re: Backup Restore

2007-03-29 Thread Stahr, Lea
I use the exact same backup procedure in my shop. Guest downtime is only 5-10 minutes. Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Brock Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:55 AM To:

Re: Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS

2007-03-23 Thread Stahr, Lea
Fewer patches for Linux can mean either fewer problems fixed or fewer problems that NEED to be fixed. Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miguel Delapaz Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007

NIS on Linux

2007-03-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
I am trying to startup NIS usage on both SuSE and Red Hat. They are connecting to an HP-UX Unix master server. I have followed the instructions and can do a YPWHICH, but the HP-UX system does not allow me to authenticate because we (by default) use PAM. Can someone point me to a source of info to

Re: NIS on Linux

2007-03-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
to appear. If you issue: getent passwd do you see your NIS users too? If not then your nsswitch.conf and/or nscd may need to be reconfigured. once getent is working, pam should not have any issues, although you might need to tweak the pam stack to handle if the NIS server is unavailable. Stahr

Re: NIS on Linux

2007-03-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
the + entries in passwd, shadow(if applicable), and group.. jrw Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 03/22/2007 10:40 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [LINUX-390] NIS on Linux

Re: NIS on Linux

2007-03-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
nsswitch.conf and/or nscd may need to be reconfigured. once getent is working, pam should not have any issues, although you might need to tweak the pam stack to handle if the NIS server is unavailable. Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 03/22

Re: NIS on Linux

2007-03-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
Subject: Re: NIS on Linux I would also turn off nscd if it's running until you were sure things were working right. jrw Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 03/22/2007 10:52 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390

Re: NIS on Linux

2007-03-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
I stopped the NSCD. Logon failed on Authentication Failure. This is SLES 8. Userid is not in the local passwd file. Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent:

Re: NIS on Linux

2007-03-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
, if using SuSE it's just /etc/init.d/nscd stop Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 03/22/2007 11:15 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [LINUX-390] NIS on Linux Do I

Re: NIS on Linux

2007-03-22 Thread Stahr, Lea
in the way? are you using the default pam_unix2.conf or has it been modified at all? are you logging into the console (/etc/pam.d/login) or via ssh (/etc/pam.d/sshd)? jrw Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 03/22/2007 12:06 PM Please respond to Linux

Re: Vdisk

2007-03-01 Thread Stahr, Lea
I use CMS for adding a temporary expansion of disk work area on a spare 3390 allocation also (very easy, then Linux detects it). Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent:

Re: Perceptions of zLinux

2007-02-26 Thread Stahr, Lea
I use VDISK successfully every day on 18 SuSE systems and VM 5.1.. Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 1:56 PM To:

Re: Perceptions of zLinux

2007-02-26 Thread Stahr, Lea
Of James Melin Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 2:29 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Perceptions of zLinux Lea, just curious what sizes of vdisk did you use, and how much central and expanded storage do you have? Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux

Re: Linux and Railroad Diagrams

2007-01-31 Thread Stahr, Lea
I agree!! Could you start tomorrow? Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scully, William P Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:01 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: OT: Linux and

Re: OT: Linux and Railroad Diagrams

2007-01-31 Thread Stahr, Lea
A railroad track diagram is much clearer, more concise than several pages of verbose explanation. One vote for the RR track. Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent:

Re: How do I find ...

2007-01-10 Thread Stahr, Lea
My system does not have SPident at all. My SuSE-release files just says Version 8.1 and nothing else. Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RPN01 Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:23

Time Zone problem

2007-01-08 Thread Stahr, Lea
I have what I think is a major Linux problem (not on s390 of course). I have a large Red Hat 8 cluster. I have searched the Red Hat database and found the Time Zone patch https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2006-0745.html but it does not list a RH8 version. Any ideas? I have the patch for SuSE

SuSE Linux Support

2007-01-05 Thread Stahr, Lea
Hello group. We are using Mainline Systems for SuSE linux support. While their support is good, it's also expensive. Can you give me some of your support providers to compare? Thanks. Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FDR backups of Linux volumes?

2006-12-12 Thread Stahr, Lea
I did FDR backups of a running system and they would not run when restored. Shut down the Linux system and they work fine. Lea Stahr Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hare Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Service Pack Display

2006-09-20 Thread Stahr, Lea
I do not have an spident command (command not found) on SLES 8. Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dominic Coulombe Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:06

Re: Service Pack Display

2006-09-20 Thread Stahr, Lea
I tried both. Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark D Pace Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:34 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Service

Z9-503 and zVM 5.1

2006-09-18 Thread Stahr, Lea
Is anyone out there running zVM 5.1 on a Z9 model 503? Any problems? Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: SLE8 and z/9

2006-09-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
I plan on coming up on a 2094-503 under VM 5.1 (with lots of maintenance) and run SLES 8 for a few months until I get SLES 9 ready. Has anyone done this??? Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port

Re: SLE8 and z/9

2006-09-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
I will be running SLES 8 under V5.1 on Z9 EC 503 starting next week (I hope). Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Thursday, September 07,

Re: SLE8 and z/9

2006-09-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
I will be running SLES 8 under V5.1 on Z9 EC 503 starting next week (I hope). We do not the hardware yet. Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes

Re: Command to determine guest cpu usage

2006-08-16 Thread Stahr, Lea
I use the VM Toolkit RTM to monitor guest performance. Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Re: NMAP

2006-08-07 Thread Stahr, Lea
My SLES 8 guests running under ZVM V5.1 on a Z099 work fine. Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Schweiker Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:09 AM To:

Re: Bad Linux backups

2006-07-28 Thread Stahr, Lea
You are correct about the cacheing of filesystems. The clustered systems I referred to are DB2 Connect gateways and contain no shared filesystems. I will route all DB2C users through one gateway wile backing up the other. Then reverse positions. When both are done, bring them both online. For

Re: Bad Linux backups

2006-07-27 Thread Stahr, Lea
Funny thing testing! I tested it and it worked four times in a row. Then when I actually needed it, it failed. Thank you fuzzy backups! Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bad Linux backups

2006-07-27 Thread Stahr, Lea
on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Summerfied Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:18 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Bad Linux backups Stahr, Lea wrote: With clustering, you shut down one image and do an OFFLINE backup while the application runs on the second image

Re: Bad Linux backups

2006-07-25 Thread Stahr, Lea
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Summerfied Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 6:03 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Bad Linux backups Stahr, Lea wrote: I run SuSE SLES 8 under ZVM 5.1 in an IFL. The DASD are in a SAN that is also accessed by ZOS. Backups are taken by ZOS using FDR full volume copies

Re: Bad Linux backups

2006-07-25 Thread Stahr, Lea
can you post any messages you get when you try to boot them? Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc 07/25/2006 07:17 AM Subject

Re: Bad Linux backups

2006-07-25 Thread Stahr, Lea
issue. Stahr, Lea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU 07/25/2006 08:17 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [LINUX-390] Bad Linux backups FDR says working as designed. They back up

Re: Bad Linux backups

2006-07-25 Thread Stahr, Lea
Gentlemen, I must agree with the validity of external backups, but only when the Linux is down. Any backup taken internally OR externally while the system is running may not work due to extensive caching by the system itself and by the applications. If I cannot restore my application to a current

Bad Linux backups

2006-07-24 Thread Stahr, Lea
I run SuSE SLES 8 under ZVM 5.1 in an IFL. The DASD are in a SAN that is also accessed by ZOS. Backups are taken by ZOS using FDR full volume copies on Saturday morning (low usage). When I restore a backup, it will not boot. The backup and the restore have the same byte counts. Linux support at

Re: Bad Linux backups

2006-07-24 Thread Stahr, Lea
These are standard image systems that I can clone from a master and have in production in 2 hours. But what if its not standard? Then I have customizations that are lost. Lea Stahr Sr. System Administrator Linux/Unix Team 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on