One solaris 9 system has a lastlog thats approx 210m. The logadm command is a preconfigured entry in the default crontab file supplied with solaris 9 and solaris 10. At first the download of solaris x86 was bounded with a small fee and since december 2003 without charge. The original solaris operating system developed and maintained by the oracle company. The lastlog log file contains information on each valid user on the. Starting from solaris 9, there is a standard tool, called logadm, to rotate logs. Do we really need to keep the read permission for other users or can i change it to 660 or 640. The offset into the file can be really huge for a uid that is a small negative number such as nobody. Logs are rotated using logadm a special utility introduced in solaris 9. I know theyre both eol, but would i still be able to download and install updates if i went the ebay route. Each record consists of a long unsigned integer important to note that on some machines this is the same size as an unsigned integer but may differ, up to a 16. Im looking for a solaris 9 iso so i can install it on my ultrasparc, and it appears that i need a support contract from oracle to acquire this i dont have one at the moment.
Only administrators have access to lastlog functions, so youll need to log on as the administrator. Very few users log in to this system assuming this gets populated with user login information. Centos centos 6 centos 7 centos7 certificate commands dansguardian desktop sharing difference between download epel free desktop sharing free web conferencing hard disk linux linux tools microsoft office picture manager mta net meeting news online meetings online tools partition proxy qmail qmailadmin rdp remote control software repo rpm samba4. Solaris 8 os sparc edition solaris 9 os sparc edition solaris 10 os sparc edition download the installation file into a directory of your choice. Package names that are nonbold andor with no version number, are not currently available for this version of solaris. On that site, you can view the download instructions and download the images. But still, you can see the danger of using lastlog directly. Contact your support provider for additional information regarding patches. Does it affect anything in the server like some command execution and all.
The default no flags causes lastlog entries to be printed, sorted by their order in etcpasswd. Find answers to problem from content of varadmlastlog from the expert community at experts exchange. However, popular packages are updated frequently and by subscriber request, more up to date packages may be also be present for other versions of solaris. After all, there must be hundreds, if not thousands, of people asserting that their lastlog file has been trashed. Download chkrootkit for linux a tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit. Personally, with 14 years commercial sa experience, ive never seen a corrupted lastlog file sunos, solaris, various linux, hpux, various svr2 and svr3, various bsds. If i ever delete the file, or rename it, or have a logrotate. How to view and configure linux logs on ubuntu and centos. From the same site, download the supplementary jar file for solaris 9 on x86 by selecting the link.
Many a times, we observe that it takes too much time to login into the server. Thats why the edit funtions no matter if you use sed, vi, tail, head or whatever. Wikis apply the wisdom of crowds to generating information for users interested in a particular subject. Located on sunsolve requires valid support contract to download. The size of the file varloglastlog can appear to be overly large on some systems, most especially in 64 bit architectures. It looks like solaris 8 9 media can be bought off of ebay. You might do a directory listing and see something like this. Hello forum folks, im hoping to find a trustworthy download of a solstice. Hi everyone, i want to know, is solaris 9 x86 free to download without paying any type of charge or something like that is beos free to download does anyone have any links to download those if they are free. The software download site for patches is my oracle support. Got a request to capture solaris varadmwtmpx data in splunk.
Is it possible to find a legit download of this elsewhere or is this impossible legally now when oracle sadly runs the show. Im trying to find a way to report on the most recent login for all users on my solaris 10 server. The download of the sparc variant was possible at first, the x86 variant followed later. The apparent size of varlog lastlog will correspond to the largest uid that is recorded in it. There is no direct equivalent to the linux lastlog command, that is supplied with the operating system. Yes, we could make them work by updating a better database as well as lastlog, and then truncating lastlog at boot time. Problem from content of varadmlastlog solutions experts.
Most of the time the reason being, the wtmpx file is growing, filling up the var partition often part of the root partition. I know this is not recommended but i just want to know if this is possible. Article installing the solaris 9 os from a flash archive dynamically. The lastlog file is created as a sparse file, so only the chunks of the file that are used actually take up physical storage space. Linux directory structure and important files paths explained. Hi all, can somebody tell me, if solaris 9 update 9 is available for download for sparc. We chose to use the mysql database server because of its ease of installation, maintainability, configuration and speed. This book is for anyone who is responsible for administering one or more systems that run the oracle solaris operating system os. Examine the contents of the lastlog file as it appears in the graphical user interface gui. It uses the linux binary layout of the lastlog file. The loginname, port, and last login time will be printed.
Early versions of system v unix stored the wtmp file in the etc directory. These files are usually located in varadm on solaris systems. Internally, the wtmp file should have epoch timestamps and thus if you would care to write something in c or perl you can create your own last command. Solaris 9 containers versions and system requirements.
Options top the options which apply to the lastlog command are. Sparse files are commonly used for disk images, database snapshots, log files, etc. Solaris systems use the var directory to store logs and other local files so that the operating system can support other directories being mounted as read only, sometimes from file servers elsewhere on the network. Introduction to logrotate the logrotate package allows automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log files this package is known to build and work properly using an lfs 9. It was based on solaris, which was originally released by sun in 1991.
It took me a while to figure out the file format for varlog lastlog on nix type machines. For any person, who does not have a sound knowledge of linux operating system and linux file system, dealing with the files and their location, their use may be horrible, and a newbie may really mess up this article is aimed to provide the information about linux file system, some of the important files, their usability and location linux directory structure diagram. The size of the file varlog lastlog can appear to be overly large on some systems, most especially in 64 bit architectures. Evaluating current solaris security configurations 9. I know there are limitations for this since it seems that each unix has its own variations on the syntax. Opensolaris an open source operating system based on solaris created by sun microsystems. Continuing on the thread of who logged in last, richard hamilton has provided a nice little c program to dump the contents of varadm lastlog. You will need to look at the appropriate cheader file for the structure. In my linux server lastlog and wtmp files have read permission set for other users 664. Unix admin view topic how to clean up lastlog, wtmp, etc. My varlog lastlog file is getting mighty huge, and i was wondering how i go about rotating it successfully.
When your systems are running smoothly, take some time to learn and understand the content of various log files, which will help you when there is a crisis and you have to look though. The default no flags causes lastlog entries to be printed, sorted by their order in etc. Sparse files are files that have large amounts of space preallocated to them, without occupying the entire amount from the filesystem. Linux uses a set of configuration files, directories, programs. Which is causing a cpu spike when i try to copybackup the file. Jul 15, 2010 btw, varadm lastlog is not a public interface. In fact, this is the first thing any sysadmin would do. In extreme cases, it may even prevent the possibility of logging in, because utmpx entries cannot be made, and login asks the user to exec login from the lowest level shell. Checking the size of files oracle solaris administration.
I recently had a java project where i had to build a report of each accounts last login date and time on linux and solaris systems. They are useful for reducing the amount of time and disk space involved in creating loop filesystems or large disk images for virtualized guests, among other things. Linux system administrators often need to look at log files for troubleshooting purposes. As to format, i never really took the time to worry about it so i cant help you, there. How to create sparse files in linux using dd command. You can search all wikis, start a wiki, and view the wikis you own, the wikis you interact with as an editor or reader, and the wikis you follow. Sun solaris 9 operating environment sparc platform. Logadm is an independent utility, unlike integrated in syslog daemon capability that can be found in aix. Openssh is opensource software and is available for download on the sun web site. Edb postgres advanced server 9 on red hat enterprise linux stig ver 1 release memo 70.
Libraries dependencies 0 the following tables display the sub list of packages, from the reverse dependencies, that depends on the libs provided by lsof. Its been some time since ive done any linux administration and cant remember how to process the. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. The login program currently performs many functions which linux pam modules should now handle. Could anybody tell me the format of varadm lastlog for solaris 2. Why does the varlog lastlog file appear so huge in gb or sometime in tb on 64bit machines. I need to upgrade my solaris 9 update7 to solaris 9 update 9 for a specific requi the unix and linux forums. Oracle solaris formerly sunos is a commercial product that provides users with an integrated and full featured serveroriented platform that combines the powerful openstack open source. Enter a program name, such as, gcc, or a keyword like editor. Linux and the applications that run on it can generate all different types of messages, which are recorded in various log files.
Solaris 10 live upgrade zones starter patch bundle. In addition, the solaris 9 os does not run on sparccenter 2000 or sparcserver systems. Start solaris by booting the computer and waiting for the operating system to load. Patching best practices for the solaris 10 os docdeveloppement. Find answers to problem from content of varadmlastlog from the expert community at experts. A sparse file is a file that contains unallocated blocks or empty space, as it implies, it does not actually take up filesystem space. Hi is there anyway to disable all logslogging lastlog, sulog, messages etc. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. I have both solaris 8 and solaris 9 systems which to me have inordinately large lastlog files.
Also, the solaris 8 lastlogs are text files and the solaris 9 are data. Why does the varlog lastlog file appear so huge on 64bit machines. If you spend lot of time in linux environment, it is essential that you know where the log files are located, and what is contained in each and every log file. Since it is much better resource and performancewise to read a file once and obtain the necessary information instead of creating one or more subprocesses to issue operating system commands i decided to directly read the lastlog file to determine each account.
How does one clean up some log and adm files such as lastlog, wtmpx. Aug 01, 2011 if you spend lot of time in linux environment, it is essential that you know where the log files are located, and what is contained in each and every log file. Ive been searching the internet for many weeks i am subscribed to unix packages, previously sunfreeware and could not find anything. Folks a friend asked me to dump out all logins from his varloglastlog file on a red hat box. There are many files on a typical unix system that work similarly. In general, the solaris 8 and 9 operating systems run on the same sun systems as the solaris 2. Viewing service log files managing system services in. For testing purpose, downloaded the splunk addon for unix and linux from. We suggest that you use the md5 checksums and gnupg signatures to verify the integrity of the packages you download. The book covers a broad range of solaris system administration topics such as managing user accounts, diskless clients, booting a system, using the service management facility smf, and managing software and patches. Showing descriptions of properties and property groups. Nov 28, 2012 this entry was posted on 20121128 at 17.
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