In some cases (such as updating openssh) it may be desirable to open up telnet on a very limited basis. By using xinetd.d you can get a logfile going as well, and it is very easy to disable afterwords. Contents Disable telnet Create the configuration Disable telnet via xinetd Disable telnet To disable the standard … Read more
With AIX (6.1 TL6) upon cancelling a smit update_all operation (due to defunct process) an unclean exit was experienced. Any future smit update_all’s would fail, and ask that an installp -C be performed. This could happen in other versions of AIX as well. However, when attempting to run installp -C it fails with the following … Read more
When attempting to mount an exported NFS share from a linux server, you may get the following error: vmount: Operation not permitted. This is accomplished with the following command: nfso -o nfs_use_reserved_ports=1 Add a -p if you wish for it to survive on “reboots of the server”. Now, you should be able to successfully mount … Read more