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Stopping pwgrd (password daemon)

The password daemon (pwgrd) was created to manage massively large password file (more than 500...

setboot path and DSF

setboot returns the Primary and Alternate (and HA Alternate) boot paths but starting with 11.31,...

Using lsof

lsof (List Open Files) is one of the most indispensible tools in the sysadmins toolkit. With...

Troubleshooting failed NFS

There are always 2 parts to an NFS share: the client and the server. For...

Network fails with /var full

One of the more bizarre error conditions for /var being full is that networking cannot be initialized...

Here document not working

Here documents (inline text) are a great way to keep text within a script. But...

Easy Xwindows for PCs

For the first couple of decades of Unix-style systems, Xwindows, also known as X or...
Hitachi

HP-UX email with attachments

1. Mail No attachment, just the body: mailx -m -s "My Subject" [email protected] < file_for_email_body...

lvremove fails to remove lvol

Scenario:A mismatch exists between the Cur LV and Open LV: — Volume groups —VG Name...

Files in /var/spool/sockets/ICE?

Q: Is it OK to remove the files from /var/spool/sockets/ICE? A: Yes, these files are leftover from running...