Re: [osol-discuss] jmc250 nic driver

2011-10-23 Thread Mike DeMarco
Masa has gotten back to me and said just to comment out the lines since they were only for debug purposes. I did and the driver compiled but many errors came up when it went to attach. I am going to follow up with Masa to see what he thinks about the errors. -- This message posted from opensola

[osol-discuss] jmc250 nic driver

2011-10-22 Thread Mike DeMarco
I down loaded the jmge nic driver for my jmicron 25x laptop nic. The driver does not compile as it is trying to call hretime and the structure for hrestime does not seam to exist. Does anyone know of a way to compile this? TIA -- This message posted from opensolaris.org __

[osol-discuss] automounter permission denied

2011-04-27 Thread Mike DeMarco
I am running solaris 11 b151 on a T2000. I have automounter mounting several different nas appliances from different servers. I am trying to mount a filesystem from one of the nas servers through automounter and keep getting permission denied! Yet if I do a command line mount -F nfs I am able to

[osol-discuss] Solaris 11 release date

2011-04-01 Thread Mike DeMarco
Wouldn't it be great if Solaris 11 was released at 11:11 am on November 11, 2011 11 11 11 11 11 = 1023 decimal O R A C L E ,S O L A RI S ascii 79 82 65 67 76 69 44 83 79 76 65 82 73 83 = 1023 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [osol-discuss] System hangs with mirrored root drive

2011-03-16 Thread Mike DeMarco
I just had another system hang at boot with a root mirror zpool. The partition tables of all disks in the mirror set are exactly identical. System hangs during a reboot and will go no further. I had to boot off of the CD and remove the mirrors from the root drive in order to get the host to boot

Re: [osol-discuss] What pkg is my command in.

2011-03-10 Thread Mike DeMarco
Thanks all I had thought the search function was for pkg names and not files inside packages. Thanks for the knowledge. mike -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] What pkg is my command in.

2011-03-10 Thread Mike DeMarco
How do you go about finding which package the command you want to add is in. The command /usr/bin/resize is valuable to me so when I resize my terminal I can set the width and height with a single command. This command is not currently installed on my system and I need to figure out what packag

Re: [osol-discuss] Looking for Sun Studio 12

2011-03-07 Thread Mike DeMarco
Thanks That did it. I was able to download it from that repository. Thanks for the help mike -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Looking for Sun Studio 12

2011-03-07 Thread Mike DeMarco
Running build 151b. Downloaded package for Solaris 10 from Oracles web site but when I go to install it says to get it from the package repository. I can not find it in the package repository. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris

Re: [osol-discuss] evolution

2011-03-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
IMAP does not seem to work. Evolution is configured for server type Microsoft Exchange. with a https address in OWA URL field. Does not seem to be any way to do this with thunderbird. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discus

Re: [osol-discuss] Zpool with multiple Raid-Z set of different LUN sizes....

2011-03-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
The two raidZ portions will be concat together. You should not see any performance change in read or write speeds. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] evolution

2011-02-28 Thread Mike DeMarco
Well it seems I am hitting bug 602735. Whenever evolution attempts to open two entry windows at one time it looses the pointer to the first window when the second one is opened. So Since it opens a window asking if I want this to be my default application and opens a window for username and pass

[osol-discuss] evolution

2011-02-28 Thread Mike DeMarco
I just upgraded my laptop to build 151a. When I start evolution it comes up with a dialog box asking if I want evolution to be my default. This box has a yes and no entry key that when I press them the entry key presses but nothing happens and I can not go any further. -- This message posted fr

Re: [osol-discuss] Authenticate against AD

2011-02-24 Thread Mike DeMarco
Check out "LikeWise" I have not used it but it is suppose to authenticate Solaris/linux/windows to AD. You can find it on Freshmeat. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] System hangs with mirrored root drive

2011-02-14 Thread Mike DeMarco
OK so that leads me to, when I mirrored the disks I added slice 0 to the rpool with the other disk slice 0. Slice 8 contains block 0 of the disk which is not a part of the mirror. So what if anything should be done for block 0 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [osol-discuss] System hangs with mirrored root drive

2011-02-14 Thread Mike DeMarco
> Hi Mike, > > I would check that your hardware is functioning > correctly by using these > commands: > > # fmdump -eV > # iostat -En > # more /var/adm/messages > > Thanks, > > Cindy Yes all hardware is working, as a single disk drive the OS has no probelms. System only hangs when it is mirro

[osol-discuss] System hangs with mirrored root drive

2011-02-14 Thread Mike DeMarco
Before I upgraded I tried to mirror my root drive using Sun Volume Manager (Disk Suites) and the system would hang while booting most of the time at: Probing for device nodes Well I figured it was a Volume Manager problem and once I upgraded and run zfs and a root pool it would go away. Well I

Re: [osol-discuss] Mounting hard drive NTFS

2011-01-19 Thread Mike DeMarco
Ran the mkntfs on a 1Tbyte usb drive mounted it using mountntfs and was able to read and write to it without a problem. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Mounting hard drive NTFS

2011-01-17 Thread Mike DeMarco
Depends what build you are on. B134 has all the ntfs built in. Look in /usr/sbin: mkntfs* ntfscat* ntfsclone* ntfscluster* ntfscmp* ntfscp* ntfsfix* ntfsinfo* ntfslabel* ntfsls* ntfsmount* ntfsresize* ntfsundelete* This will allow you to create a ntfs filesystem and mount it. -- This message p

Re: [osol-discuss] "small" jbod tower?

2011-01-17 Thread Mike DeMarco
I use a SuperMicro case that has a backplane and 8 sata hotplug drive slots Here is a link: http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/747/SC747TG-R1400-SQ.cfm -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensola

Re: [osol-discuss] binding ntp to specific inteface

2011-01-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
A little bit cleaner may be to define a host based route to the ntp server and -setsrc to the interface that you want it to use. route add host -setsrc -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-dis

Re: [osol-discuss] binding ntp to specific inteface

2010-12-31 Thread Mike DeMarco
options are added using svccfg, the following will show the configurable options: svccfg -s svc:/network/ntp:default listprop config There is no prop for -I interface. You may have to go directly into the method and hard code it. Ugly maybe someone else has a better way. /lib/svc/method/ntp

Re: [osol-discuss] Memory leak?

2010-12-22 Thread Mike DeMarco
> Unfortuanetly, your description is not very clear. > Can you be a bit more precise? > > Your actual problem seems to be, that you cannot > import your old zpool on a new version of > (Open)Solaris, right? This is actually more of a ZFS > problem, so I'd suggest to direct your question to > the z

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracles support SUCKS

2010-12-22 Thread Mike DeMarco
> I haven't had to call support yet for anything. But I > would recommend escalating > to your Oracle account rep. If it's a mission > critical server and on premium > support, I'd go as far as escalating up to the VP > that covers your region. Every > time there's a change in any tech support >

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracles support SUCKS

2010-12-22 Thread Mike DeMarco
We have the highest level support on all of our Sun products. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracles support SUCKS

2010-12-21 Thread Mike DeMarco
Thanks I have submitted at that link. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Oracles support SUCKS

2010-12-21 Thread Mike DeMarco
I have been on hold for over 1 hour, I created a ticket through the web interface "which also sucks" Seems the web interface did not register the support request. Larry you should be drawn and quarted -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ op

[osol-discuss] Memory leak?

2010-12-21 Thread Mike DeMarco
Last night I was doing a zfs send over nfs from one server to another around 100Gbytes. Nic interface is a Realtec using the native rge driver on build 150. As the zfs sends were progressing I would start to run out of memory "4 Gbyte on system" with not much else running. Then over 200 processe

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Express repository.

2010-12-15 Thread Mike DeMarco
Are there any documents on how to add our own packages to the local repository? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Express repository.

2010-12-15 Thread Mike DeMarco
Got it to work. Thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Express repository.

2010-12-15 Thread Mike DeMarco
pkg install issue. To set clients to use only this depot server to retrieve package content for the Oracle Solaris Express 2010.11 release, execute the following command on each client (where is the value you provided for 'origins' above): pkg set-publisher -O solaris on

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Express repository.

2010-12-15 Thread Mike DeMarco
a little more explanation: I have installed Solaris Express b151a onto a Sparc T2000. The install is bare bones and I have built a repository on this system from parts a and b and have configured the system to look in this repository. Problem here is that there is no tools to extract from this

[osol-discuss] Solaris Express and FlashArchives

2010-12-15 Thread Mike DeMarco
We use Flash Archives to recover servers for DR. I have noticed that the flar script is nolonger included and never worked with zfs. Flash Recovery was a cornerstone of production Solaris and one of the keys to its success in the business world. What if anything exists to give the same function

[osol-discuss] Solaris Express repository.

2010-12-15 Thread Mike DeMarco
How can I install from the repository to sparc hardware with no graphics console. I was able to find the ssh tunnel display problem as no xauth is included with the base build. I have been able to get graphics to display back but there is no packagemanager in /usr/bin. Is there a text based ins

[osol-discuss] songbird bug

2010-12-08 Thread Mike DeMarco
When I upgraded from b134 to b151a Songbird hit a bug that makes it play the second song over and over again. I tried to go into the b134 repository and download that version but even though I as in the 134 repository my system kept installing from the b151 repository. How can I install from an

Re: [osol-discuss] ndis

2010-12-04 Thread Mike DeMarco
> > Regards -- Volker > +1, never worked, whatever I tried on my dell > latitude D620 > bought a pcmcia card which works with malo driver :-( > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > can you tell me what card you

[osol-discuss] ndis

2010-12-04 Thread Mike DeMarco
Attempting to get ndis to work for my broadcom wireless. I was able to configure the 386 portion but get a: section relocation failed when I try to run ndiscvt on the amd64 version. Any ideas on how to cope with this? Thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [osol-discuss] Zones zone.max-shm-memory setting.

2010-11-23 Thread Mike DeMarco
zone.max-shm-memory defines the maximum size of a shared memory segment. So if it is set to 4Gig then the maximum shared memory segment will be 4 Gig. You can have up to zone.max-shm-ids segments set so this still can consume all of your memory.. If you want to limit the full amount of memory a

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 11 Express Repository - kinda bare

2010-11-16 Thread Mike DeMarco
I stand corrected. Concat the two parts together worked... Thanks > Build 150 repository was two parts that were not > concats. Instructions for that repository were to > rsync the different repos after mounting the > individual iso's > I would think that would not change. > -- This message posted

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 11 Express Repository - kinda bare

2010-11-16 Thread Mike DeMarco
> > did you download the repository or connect through > > the web? > > > > I have tried both and have problems both ways. > > > > Part B of the repository will not mount up under > any > > filesystem type. after lofiadm the iso /dev/lofi/1 > > mount fails with not a hsfs filesystem. Part A > wor

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 11 Express Repository - kinda bare

2010-11-16 Thread Mike DeMarco
did you download the repository or connect through the web? I have tried both and have problems both ways. Part B of the repository will not mount up under any filesystem type. after lofiadm the iso /dev/lofi/1 mount fails with not a hsfs filesystem. Part A works fine. When attempting to acces

Re: [osol-discuss] System always hits dns

2010-11-05 Thread Mike DeMarco
> So yes I took the dns away from ipnodes and the > lookups stopped. So the question is why is ipnodes > not adhearing to nsswitch hierarchy? Duo. Ok since I don't have ipv6 in my DNS it was timing out on that All makes sense now.. Thanks for your help -- This message posted from opens

Re: [osol-discuss] System always hits dns

2010-11-05 Thread Mike DeMarco
So yes I took the dns away from ipnodes and the lookups stopped. So the question is why is ipnodes not adhearing to nsswitch hierarchy? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] System always hits dns

2010-11-05 Thread Mike DeMarco
> ssh will try to do krb auth by default and krb > bypasses the nsswitch to > always try DNS to canonicalize host names. So it may > help to config ssh > to not try krb auth (which is basically the gssapi* > auth methods, see > man ssh_config). If that doesn't help, use truss or > dtrace to see h

Re: [osol-discuss] System always hits dns

2010-11-05 Thread Mike DeMarco
Even though nscd is running with the default ttl a ssh to the same host within a minute is still going out and hitting DNS. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] System always hits dns

2010-11-05 Thread Mike DeMarco
Build 134 My nsswitch.conf file is setup as such hosts files nis dns ipnodes files nis dns when snooping the interface I see dns lookups even though the ipaddress lives in the local host file and or the nis database. It was a very early problem with nsswitch that it would still follow throu

Re: [osol-discuss] What is the default root password for the latest builds

2010-10-22 Thread Mike DeMarco
ffound it -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] What is the default root password for the latest builds

2010-10-22 Thread Mike DeMarco
I have installed the latest build but do not know the root password? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] grub on hardware raid.

2010-10-19 Thread Mike DeMarco
If two drives are mirrored together in hardware at the controller level. Will grub also be mirrored? If the primary drive fails will the system still be able to boot? Thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing l

Re: [osol-discuss] pool cannot be imported or destroyed

2010-10-13 Thread Mike DeMarco
Can you try to import it using the id number instead of the name? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] dtcalc grabs mouse and won't let go

2010-09-29 Thread Mike DeMarco
> Note that galculator is not gnome-calculator. The > latter can be started > via Applications->Accessories->Calculator. The other > is a project on > SourceForge. > > Not sure what version of gnome-calculator is on your > system, but > on mine, you adjust the number of decimal places via > an ent

Re: [osol-discuss] dtcalc grabs mouse and won't let go

2010-09-29 Thread Mike DeMarco
> > And the internal calculating engine in > gnome-calculator is the same one as that > in dtcalc. Mike, I too would be interested in why you > don't consider it comparable. Comfort mostly. I have used dtcalc since the mid 90s and it fits like a old glove. I am use to its look and feel. Can't f

[osol-discuss] dtcalc grabs mouse and won't let go

2010-09-29 Thread Mike DeMarco
build 134. dtcalc was left out of this build so I copied the binary over from my build 121. whenever I press the right mouse button inside of dtcalc application the mouse pointer changes and becomes bound inside the application box. Only way I have been able to get it back is with a reboot.

Re: [osol-discuss] zpool upgrade and zfs upgrade behavior on b145

2010-09-10 Thread Mike DeMarco
I would just ran an upgrade on a pool at version 18 to version 22. zpool upgrade euclid This system is currently running ZFS pool version 22. Successfully upgraded 'euclid' from version 18 to version 22 And then look ad zdb. zdb euclid: version: 18 name: 'euclid' state: 0 txg:

[osol-discuss] kudos

2010-09-08 Thread Mike DeMarco
I Just noticed that with zfs root filesystems the file browser has a header bar for browsing snapshot history on the filesystem. This is so cool. I hate the fact that great OSs and the fantastic people behind them go un-noticed while the mediocre gets all the fame. Kudos Guys and Gals. where d

Re: [osol-discuss] Build 134 NIS server

2010-09-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
Never mind: Just after post I checked the repository and found it. Sorry -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Build 134 NIS server

2010-09-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
Am I missing something or has NIS server been pulled from build 134? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Doc for build upgrade

2010-09-01 Thread Mike DeMarco
I want to upgrade by build from 134 to 146 is there a document somewhere I can referenece on doing a live upgrade? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Xclock is not starting

2010-08-26 Thread Mike DeMarco
# X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. # Caused by the .Xauthority file for the user you su'ed to not being in sync with your .Xauthority To correct: 1) su to user chmod 666 /users/home/dir/.Xauthority xauth merge /usr/home/dir/.Xauthority 2) su to user XAUTHORITY=/usr/home/dir

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_134 slow down every monday morning

2010-08-25 Thread Mike DeMarco
Do you have time-slider enabled? On Monday is the system slow or does it not respond at all? Any messages? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] gnome-sound-properties

2010-08-06 Thread Mike DeMarco
Does anyone know what happened to gone-sound-properties? Is there something that replaced it? Wanted to configure sound events and can not find anyway to do it. Same with evolution, unable to play sound file on incoming emails. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble formating usb external hard drive.

2010-08-04 Thread Mike DeMarco
> By the way, a duel is a formal fight between two > persons armed with > deadly weapons. I assume your operating systems > aren't engages in > mortal combat! Yes Duel boot Windows and Solaris. If ever there were two entities locked in mortal combat it is Windows and Solaris. Thanks for the c

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble formating usb external hard drive.

2010-08-04 Thread Mike DeMarco
Thanks for the response. This worked. The first time I setup the fdisk table and attempted to mkfs it complained about I/O error. I thought it may be a size thing with usb so I cut the partition size down to 500Gig. This went right through so I incremented to 750G which also worked so I went ba

Re: [osol-discuss] New onnv distro naming suggestion

2010-08-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
> > > SolarOS > > > > Rolls right off the tongue ;) > > > > I didn't want to enter this naming spamfest, but how > about "Sunshone"? > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > or !sunshoneie where the sun d

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble formating usb external hard drive.

2010-08-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
Windows is Windows7 64 bit and OpenSolaris is b134 64bit. Running 64bit across the board. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble formating usb external hard drive.

2010-08-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
> I'd say correct sequence of commands should be: > > pfexec fdisk /dev/rdsk/c10t0d0p0 > > In fdisk, select and delete (all) partition(s), then > create one > partition of FAT32 ('C') type. Save, exit. > > mkfs -F pcfs -o fat=32 /dev/rdsk/c10t0d0p0:c > > Note that you instruct mkfs to use p0,

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble formating usb external hard drive.

2010-08-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
Tried to partition the drive with everything from 100G to 1Tbyte. Tried with the partitions defined as BIGDOS / Fat32 / DOSEXTLBA / FAT32LBA and with what windows puts on a ntfs. > Hi Mike, > what is the partition table on the drive? > Also, can you try rmformat with p0 which is whole > disk? --

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble formating usb external hard drive.

2010-08-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
> Yes, the FSW* packages only perform read-only access > to NTFS... > > You might want to format that 1TB disk as FAT under > Windows... > I did format it under windows and windows can see it. > But I assume, access to a 1TB disk via the PCFS > driver is not the best > option... ;-) > > What's

[osol-discuss] Trouble formating usb external hard drive.

2010-08-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
I have a 1Tbyte usb external HD that I want to be able to read with windows and b134. I have tried all of the below but am unable to get solaris to read and write to it. mkfs -F pcfs -o fat=32 /dev/rdsk/c10t0d0p1 *Bad Sig on master boot record! mkfs -F pcfs -o fat=32 /dev/rdsk/c10t0d0p1:c

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-08-03 Thread Mike DeMarco
Bug was filed and closed due to duplication. This is a known problem. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] New onnv distro naming suggestion

2010-08-02 Thread Mike DeMarco
rm -r -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-08-02 Thread Mike DeMarco
> > On Aug 2, 2010, at 5:00 AM, Mike DeMarco wrote: > > >> This is a variant of the convenience argument. > >> Systems with root as a > >> ole require a local user account with Primary > >> Administrator role. When > >> I installed OpenS

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-08-02 Thread Mike DeMarco
> jimwtype=normal;profiles=File System > Management,ZFS File System Management > > which doesn't give jimw the ability to su to root but > does give some, > but not all, additional privs when he pfexec's > commands. I know that this is only an example but I prefer using zfs allow to grant zfs

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle clears the air on OpenSolaris, but Sparc future looks dim

2010-08-02 Thread Mike DeMarco
Looks like ComputerWeekly was confusing OpenSolaris with Solarisx86 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-08-02 Thread Mike DeMarco
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 03:49:57PM -0700, David > Brodbeck wrote: > > > > On Jul 30, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Scott Rotondo wrote: > > > Regarding the expansion of the attack surface, > remember that assuming the root role requires logging > in to a user account first and then providing the > root pass

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-08-02 Thread Mike DeMarco
> This is a variant of the convenience argument. > Systems with root as a > ole require a local user account with Primary > Administrator role. When > I installed OpenSolaris it did the right thing and > created such an > account that does not depend on NIS or LDAP and is > thus insulated from >

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-08-02 Thread Mike DeMarco
> I'm in total agreement from a security aspect (recall > that OpenSolaris's > roots are in the enterprise server world and not > wide open desktop > land). I would ask you why root shouldn't be a role? > Hopefully the > nswer won't involve convenience. In making root a role you now rely on a us

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-07-30 Thread Mike DeMarco
Bug id 16693 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-07-30 Thread Mike DeMarco
I just submitted a security bug on this. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-07-30 Thread Mike DeMarco
> I agree that this should be fixed, but let's not > overreact; this is a program designed to be run by a > local user at the console. If someone's at the > console they can already own your machine at will > just by booting a LiveCD and mounting your > filesystems. This is true, but it still wri

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-07-30 Thread Mike DeMarco
Very troubling that this kind of vulnerability goes unchecked. How many others are in the mix? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-07-30 Thread Mike DeMarco
> Since sound-jouicer now cleanly calls cdda2wav in > order to read AUDIO data from > CD, there should no longer be a need to run > sound-juicer as root. looks like it is rmvolmgr that starts sound-juicer when a cd is inserted and it asks if you want to start CDripper. Since rmvolmgr runs as root

[osol-discuss] root roles & security holes

2010-07-30 Thread Mike DeMarco
Build 134: 1) Could anyone please explain why root has been converted to a role. I would venture a guess that someone somewhere believes that it is more secure to run root as a role. The whole "if root can not log directly into the box than someone can not crack the root password. Well I agree

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle shuts down open source test servers

2010-07-29 Thread Mike DeMarco
> So why are you still here? > > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Edward, STOP! be nice! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mail

Re: [osol-discuss] cannot mount USB stick

2010-07-29 Thread Mike DeMarco
You will need to run at lease b130 for usb support. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] crontab disappearing

2010-07-28 Thread Mike DeMarco
Can you go through the cron log and figure out exactly when it does this? Do you leave your system up all the time or are you shutting it down? what does your /etc/cron.d/FIFO look like. Is it a pipe 600 root root? I have never seen something randomly remove cron entries. -- This message posted f

Re: [osol-discuss] build 134 Music issue

2010-07-27 Thread Mike DeMarco
> > Sansa and other media players have two modes, USB and > an other who's > name I forget that works with windows. You can > change the mode to USB > on a windows box. I can't remember how I did it, but > the information > was easy to find. > > -- > Ian. > Yea the USB mode that everyone t

Re: [osol-discuss] Duel boot b134 and Windows 7

2010-07-27 Thread Mike DeMarco
> On 07/26/10 04:45 AM, Mike DeMarco wrote: > > I installed build 134 first on disk c4d0p1 then > installed Windows 7 which it put on c4d0p2 sector> and c4d0p3 Windows 7. Using the LiveCD for > b134 I went back in and changed the active partition > back to c4d0p1 so I am now

Re: [osol-discuss] Duel boot b134 and Windows 7

2010-07-27 Thread Mike DeMarco
I wound up re-installing b134, afterwards The Windows partition came up in the grub menu. I still can not understand what was wrong with the definition that I put into the menu.lst as it was identical to the one that the re-install put in. Guess it will have to remain another mystery. My new pro

[osol-discuss] build 134 Music issue

2010-07-26 Thread Mike DeMarco
Installed Build 134 on my wifes laptop. She is unable to transfer the music CDs that she burned using Windoes media player. When she starts the copy using sound juicer it just hangs at 0% complete. She is also unable to see any of the music on here sansa drive. -- This message posted from opens

Re: [osol-discuss] Duel boot b134 and Windows 7

2010-07-26 Thread Mike DeMarco
I may just do that and re-install everything if I can't get grub configured. Thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Duel boot b134 and Windows 7

2010-07-26 Thread Mike DeMarco
I have actually tried each of the partitions hd0,1-4 with no luck. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Duel boot b134 and Windows 7

2010-07-26 Thread Mike DeMarco
I installed build 134 first on disk c4d0p1 then installed Windows 7 which it put on c4d0p2 and c4d0p3 Windows 7. Using the LiveCD for b134 I went back in and changed the active partition back to c4d0p1 so I am now able to boot back to b134. I then modified the menu.lst adding: title Windows 7

Re: [osol-discuss] b134 panics on bootup after install

2010-07-24 Thread Mike DeMarco
I found it. Hit bug 6932552, had to disable the graphics boot from grub. Works great. Thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] b134 panics on bootup after install

2010-07-24 Thread Mike DeMarco
I have installed b134 on a clevo laptop. The live cd booted just fine and the install went on without a problem. After the install when I reboot the system comes up with the initial grub screen just after the OS is selected the screen goes black and the system reboots. I thought I had seen this

Re: [osol-discuss] Cannot import a zpool created with zfs-fuse - newer version of ZFS?

2010-07-23 Thread Mike DeMarco
Break the mirror move the disk over to the other server create a new zpool using that disk zfs send | ssh zfs receive bring over the other disk and add as a mirror. Pop open a beer and smile. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolar

Re: [osol-discuss] Crash during zpool import

2010-07-23 Thread Mike DeMarco
You would have better luck posting this to the zfs list. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Random system hang build 134

2010-07-23 Thread Mike DeMarco
Do you have autofs turned on. Sounds like it is hanging when attempting to mount a automounted filesystem. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Build 134

2010-07-19 Thread Mike DeMarco
> > And you might want to check for the Release notes for > build 134, there's a bug > in there, that puts you into a reboot-loop. Basically > you need to perform two > things: rebuild the "ram-boot-disk", that can be done > from an older (in your > case, also the love CD!) running version, and se

Re: [osol-discuss] Build 134

2010-07-19 Thread Mike DeMarco
Intent is to run a format as root to find out why when I go to do the install it crashes when looking for disks. >From the install on the CD It does not give me the option of choosing UFS/ZFS. >I can find no way to create a raidZ filesystem spread across my 6 sata drives. >Everything I have tr

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