Questions tagged [aix]
AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive, pronounced "ay eye ex") is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM for several of its computer platforms.
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AIX find file age in seconds no -printf with find
AIX 7.2
Looking to recreate the below on AIX.
find /etc -maxdepth 1 -iname "*conf" -type f -mmin +5 -printf '%p;%T@\n' | awk -F ';' -v time="$( date +%s )" '{ print $1";&...
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Find command in IBM AIX
I would verify that files in the location listed may not have both the other-write and any execute permissions set.
This requirement to be applied recursively to files contained within subdirectories.
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Execute sudo su - user on a ssh session
I need to execute sudo su - user on a ssh connection, because sudo su - user -c it's not available in the servers. Is there a way to do it? Thank you for the attention.
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Error when trying to execute command with sudo su - user -- command
I am facing a problem when trying to execute a command using another user.
If I do this
sudo su - user
direct
Works perfectly
Now if I do this
sudo su - user -c direct
I face this error
-bash: ...
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find ip address of black box device
I have a device that I need to find the IP address of. I know that the device is an AIX host, but that is all I know. I don't know if the device is on a public or private IP address range, and I don't ...
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Is it possible to add a partition table to an existing AIX ISO?
I've followed this tutorial to run an AIX on an x86 system: https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2019/04/22/installing-aix-on-qemu/
One element of the tutorial is to get an AIX system ISO to install the ...
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Need help in Installing apache in AIX7.1
I want to install apache 2.4.x in our AIX server which is having apache1.x that was installed very long back.
I downloaded the apr & apr utils in sourcelib of apache then downloaded pcre and tried ...
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Find top N oldest files without printf in find command on AIX system
I am trying to find a solution similar to the one used below to find the Top N oldest files (modification time) on my AIX system starting from a given directory and digging through all sub-directories ...
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Command to get SHA384, 256 and SHA512 hashes in AIX servers
For AIX servers to get the MD5 and SHA1 hashes, I am able to use the command:
csum -h MD5 file1
csum -h SHA1 file1
But how to use the same command to get sha256, 384, 512 hashes ?
Or is there some ...
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AIX 7.x inetd and tcp wrappers using chsubserver
Greetings all the guru's and those who have knowledge I am yet to gain and share.
Sometime ago I configured TCP Wrappers on my AIX 7.1 & 7.2 LPAR's and it works great once you get the nuances ...
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AIX 7.2 install on QEMU on Windows unable to accept arrow keys
I am currently trying to create an AIX 7.2 image using QEMU on Windows following these steps: http://aix4admins.blogspot.com/2020/04/qemu-aix-on-x86-qemu-quick-emulator-is.html
I am now almost at the ...
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Tanuki wrapper multiple unwanted instances
Using Tanuki 3.5.25 software to manage a java8 service we encounter a problem on AIX that can be observed in the following logs:
STATUS | wrapper | 2019/09/08 15:07:09 | --> Wrapper Started as ...
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AIX 6.1 SFTP: Allow chroot'd user to access files in location outside their home
Long-winded first posting, I have tried to be succint while providing details.
I am working on an AIX 6.1 server where SFTP (via WinSCP) is already used by several service accounts to access files in ...
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AIX syslog does not start after changing default port for remotely sending logs
On an AIX 7.2 machine I need to send the syslogs on a different machine and as instructed I have added my log server ip address in the /etc/syslog.conf file like this:
kern.debug;mail.debug;daemon....
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How using sed on AIX differs from using it on linux
I know that -i option doesn't exist in sed for AIX but recently I've bumped into a different issue when trying to edit the /etc/services file in AIX.
I need to replace a line from this file so for ...
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How to get access of all the parameters a user used to call a shell script? Or forbid the use of * as a valid parameter?
I have a shell script that will be a such of a header to be imported by others scripts
Its main goal is forbid the user of "*" and "?" as parameters.
I've already tried:
1) To get access to the ...
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I got a SIGILL and JVM crashed when I booted a java application with --agentpath:libxxx.so on AIX 7.1
My dynamic shared library complied with CPPFlAGS: -q64 -G. The compiler version is
IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, V11.1 (5724-X13)
Version: 11.01.0000.0024
when it was started, then crashed, here is part of ...
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Temenos T24 R19 Deployment Error
I have deployed Temenos T24 R19 on WebSphere with Oracle 12C (ExaData) on AIX platform. From Classic mode, I'm able to login to T24. But in T24 Browser, I'm getting below error.
[7/25/19 9:11:56:541 ...
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SSH Connection Radio Silence
I have been troubleshooting this issue for quite some time now and I cannot figure out the cause of this issue. We have a job running on an AIX server that uses Perl::SFTP to connect to a Linux RHEL 7 ...
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Imfile in rsyslog running on AIX Server 7.2
AIX server's rsyslog (imfile module) is not forwarding custom application logs from a specific folder that has multiple log files generated each and every day. The log file's name pattern differs. I ...
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imfile in rsyslog in AIX servers
AIX server's rsyslog (imfile module) is not forwarding custom application logs from a specific folder that has multiple log files generated each and every day. The log file's name pattern differs. I ...
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AIX migration stuck on 3% (IBM Power 740)
I'm trying to migrate AIX 7.1.5.4 to 7.2.0.0. using Base Install iso image.
For exapmle, using this tutorial, I get stuck on preparation step saying progress is on 3% on "Preserving old data" step ...
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need to copy files from one folder to another and then then touch each file to copy the access/modified time
I cant use cp -p because it also copies the user which I don't want and --preserve doesn't work because AIX apparently doesn't support that option? I get an error. Anyways, I just want to do the ...
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shell: pgp: not found
I installed pgp on one of my AIX machines (AIX 7.2). When I try to run pgp from my id I get the below error:
$ pgp
shell: pgp: not found.
But this works as expected using root account.
Can ...
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how many resources nmon command use in AIX?
I need to store in an external repository, every minute (in near realtime mode), the nmon information saved in a temporary file.
So what would be the best scenario:
1) every minute I open an ssh ...
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AIX Command to get LPAR entitlement usage
I would like to know with a command what is the entitlement usage in my LPARs.
I have thought to the topas command: save information in a file and send it to datawarehouse.
topasrec -L -c 5 -s 60
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How to check used space for pvdisplay?
In AIX using lspv hdisk0, i am able to get total pps, free pps, used pps
TOTAL PPs: 1119 (71616 megabytes) VG DESCRIPTORS: 2
FREE PPs: 272 (17408 megabytes) HOT SPARE: ...
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Change the name of an object within an archive
My company has some software that uses a 3rd party library to interact with an oracle database. It hasn't been tested in a long time, and now that we need to verify that it's working, we can't get ...
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AIX sudo rootsh
I'm allowed to do:
sudo /usr/bin/rootsh -i -u user
Additionally I want do something like:
echo 'date' | sudo /usr/bin/rootsh -i -u user
Here I get the answer:
no tty/pty on stdin: Not a ...
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Formatting multiple drives on AIX
I originally got help here to figure out how to remove multiple drives from a list.
I now would like to try and use that same sort of code to format multiple drives with a loop.
for i in `lsdev -Cc ...
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Setting up DNAT servers
Hi i have trouble connecting to server that i had setup with DNAT configuration.
i have two listening servers 145.217 and 145.241
both have configured their gateway ip same as my loadbalancer ip 145....
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Creating users across all cluster nodes
Is there a way to add a user across all cluster nodes via command line? I have the manual instructions from IBM here (and listed below) and found instructions for listing the users (cl_lsuser), but ...
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UNIX owner 42286?
An AIX 6.1 server with a NFS share mounted worked for years but then changed owner on all of the files and folders on the mount from sbladmin to a 5 digit code: 42286. It didn't change the group but ...
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Removing multiple hdisk from smitty->devices ->fixed disk-> remove
Original Code that I saw
I want to do the same thing but need to make sure i dont delete hdisk0 since this is my OS.
photo of drives being deleted.
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How to Identify automount mount path
I need to know all the mount points monitored by autofs/automount.
I came across "automount -m" to dumpmaps and "/etc/init.d/autofs status" in the older versions. But these commands doesn't work ...
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Can SU group be used on Suse as it is AIX?
I'm the admin of a large AIX environment. I utilize the SU Group attribute for users to determine who can access root, even if they know the password. If they are not in the root group then access is ...
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AIX service account - how to find who is locking it
I have a non-expiring service account on an AIX server. I use the account to connect to my database.
Every couple of weeks some user or task tries to connect to the account with the wrong password, ...
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How can I send email with attachment xls file using shell script as application/xls mimetype without making the received file becoming unreadable
#!/bin/bash
ATTACH1=file.xls<br>
SUBJECT="subj"<br>
[email protected]<br>
[email protected]<br>
[email protected]<br>
MIME="Application/vnd.ms-excel" <br>
FILE=$...
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AIX: meaning of lslpp type-column
Running lslpp -L yields the following (shortened) output:
Fileset Level State Type Description (Uninstaller)
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Monitoring Run queue for AIX in NMON
I need to know about Run Queue in AIX and how to find the bottleneck of Run queue.
What is the threshold value for Run Queue length?
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Deleting filtered files in Aix using Script
I need help in deleting files in one of my directories in Aix.
In deletion, manually, I am using the command:
to list the files:
find . -mtime +5 -type f
Then, if the listed files are good to ...
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AIX - Memory space error when running script
I run the following:
for i in `ls -ld /u03/sss/| awk '{print $9}'`
do
echo $i
for j in `find $i -name "*.gz" | grep $send_sysdate`
do
count=`gunzip -c $j | wc -l`
sum5=`expr $sum5 + $count`
done
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Is it possible to make UNIX FTP client and CentOS VSFTPD server working together?
I have a UNIX bull AIX client with ftp installed and a CentOS 6.2 server with vsftpd installed.
Can the client connect to the server ? Cause it seems that the vsftpd server is refusing all ...
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Cannot Suspend vi with Ctrl-Z
It's on an AIX 6.1 connected via PuTTY 0.65.
If I open a file and hit Ctrl-Z then. It works 1st. But when I switch back and hit Ctrl-Z again. A square cursor jumps to the bottom. I can type something ...
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String replacement shell script on AIX
I am using AIX, and there is not an -i option available in the version of sed I am using:
sed: illegal option -- i
Usage: sed [-n] Script [File ...]
sed [-n] [-e Script] ... [-f Script_file] ...
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Extract filename from file using shell script
I have a text file which has the following line:
/u/tux/abc/spool/frtbla_mcdetc_0000149099_20101126135009990_1.tif
I want to extract frtbla_mcdetc_0000149099_20101126135009990_1.tif;
the word after ...
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AIX - how to change user shell to bash?
I want to know how I can run bash automatically when I log into my AIX server. How can I do that without having to type bash every time I log into my AIX server?
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AIX 7.1 Create another user with equal privileges as root and then disable root user
I've got a weird, stupid question. I've used linux for a long time, but I know AIX is different in certain places, so my question is if I wanted to disable the root user at least from remote login I ...
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AIX lspath doesn't show any output
root@xxxxx:/>lspath
root@xxxxx:/>lspath -l hdisk20
lspath: 0514-538 Cannot perform the requested function because the
specified device does not support multiple paths.
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Verify current routing table matches AIX ODM
My task is to verify that all current routes will be preserved after a reboot of AIX 6.1 and 7.1 systems, i.e., I want to verify the system will reboot and build the current routing table with a ...
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