Category Archives: Unix

How to overcome NFS through firewall issues using NFS4, while maintaining compatibility with NFS3 clients (Draft)

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

NFS4 server uses port 2049 only, no port mapping Run “startsrc -s nfsrgyd” on client and server Must use public file system, list the available using “nfsd -getnodes”, or else you’ll get an error indicating “No such filesystem or directory” … Continue reading →

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Resolve Hostname on AIX

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

host “hostname” e.g. host “myhost” Output: myhost is 10.11.212.134,  Aliases:   wkms2

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Password-less logins with OpenSSH on AIX

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/152

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Setting Up a CVS Server on AIX -> Draft

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

Download the RPM package from the online AIX Linux Toolbox Install it using RPM, if it doesn’t exist, download the installp image for RPM first and install it using Smitty Install the RPM package using “rpm -ivh cvsxxxx.rpm” CVSROOT environment … Continue reading →

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Command to display Hardware specs of an AIX Server

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

prtconf In order to be able to read the info, you should offcourse pipe to more, i.e. prtconf | more  

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