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while doing LPM, can we add more CPUs

Posted By Nag N Fri March 22, 2024 03:04 PM
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Hello experts, I am doing LPM first time. The current system/frame maxed out on CPU resoruces, so I want to LPM the live partition without downtime , but want to add more Virtual Processors and processing units , Is that possible ? or do I have to shutdown the Lpar . I tried dynamically to add at ...

RE: yum repo time out errors , repo is on prod network. prod servers works , but dev and test fails

Posted By Nag N Wed March 23, 2022 01:29 PM
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Thanks Sanket and Ayyappan . Does yum needs any ports to be opened ? Right now ping and ssh ports are blocked between Non-prod and yum server. Please see the difference below between production and Dev yum client output . On Dev server: ( timseout and status , I think package count is 0) --> yum ...

RE: yum repo time out errors , repo is on prod network. prod servers works , but dev and test fails

Posted By Nag N Wed March 23, 2022 11:05 AM
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Thanks Ayyappan. Our network team blocked logins and pings from nonprod to prod network I guess about 2 years ago. I am new to this open source and AIX , can you please let me know what options to use with curl command. So , I can run and post the output here Really appreciate you for taking time ...

yum repo time out errors , repo is on prod network. prod servers works , but dev and test fails

Posted By Nag N Wed March 23, 2022 02:01 AM
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Our yum repo was on AIX prod server in production network . Yum works fine on prod servers but yum times out if I am on dev/test network. I am sorry for posting again , I could not change previous title. Does yum needs any firewall ports to be opened ? I am guessing our firewall team changed rules ...

RE: RPM repo times out , Can someone please guide me

Posted By Nag N Tue March 22, 2022 05:06 PM
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Also does it use any particular ports ? So that I can engage network and firewall teams ------------------------------ Nag N ------------------------------

RPM repo times out , Can someone please guide me

Posted By Nag N Tue March 22, 2022 05:05 PM
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I see timeout while connecting to yum repo , never seen these errors . Any guidance or help is highly appreciated. --> yum install sudo_noldap-1.9.5p2-1.ppc http://server1.edc.nam.com/aixtoolbox/AIX_Toolbox/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout on http://server1.edc.nam.gm.com/aixtoolbox/AIX_ ...

RE: How to resolve RPM's dependency issue in AIX?

Posted By Nag N Tue July 27, 2021 02:35 PM
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I have similar issues , I guess best solution is Yum configuration . what is the reason you can't setup YUM database ? ------------------------------ Nag N ------------------------------

Sudo.rte with vulnerability

Posted By Nag N Tue July 27, 2021 02:26 PM
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We upgraded from AIX 6.1 to 7.2 and found that server had vulnerabilities on sudo.rte . AIX 6.1 is not update date as it is out of scope. Currently server had below sudo version with AIX 7.2 , Can I install directly rpm package sudo_ids-1.9.5p2-1.ppc ? or do I have to remove sudo.rte before installing ...

RE: Security hole after upgrading to "sudo_noldap-1.9.5p2-1.ppc"

Posted By Nag N Wed March 10, 2021 12:20 PM
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yes , Thanks. I changed !SHELLS to !SHELL to make it work . ------------------------------ Nag N ------------------------------

RE: Security hole after upgrading to "sudo_noldap-1.9.5p2-1.ppc"

Posted By Nag N Wed March 10, 2021 12:19 PM
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Thanks Russell for the details. ------------------------------ Nag N ------------------------------

Security hole after upgrading to "sudo_noldap-1.9.5p2-1.ppc"

Posted By Nag N Mon March 08, 2021 09:12 PM
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Our security team did a test by adding below line to sudoers file . testuser ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/vi when "testuser" runs command "sudo vi " and when user escapes to shell from vi by typing :!ksh , it provides root window to test user . Is there any solution for this issue. The reason we ...

After upgrade to " sudo_noldap-1.9.5p2-1.ppc" , Account expired or PAM config lacks an "account" error

Posted By Nag N Tue February 23, 2021 10:53 PM
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After upgrading to sudo_noldap-1.9.5p2-1.ppc, sudo commands fail with PAM error. Anyone know how to fix this. Most of the servers are working fine after upgrade , except few. $ sudo -l sudo: Account expired or PAM config lacks an "account" section for sudo, contact your system administrator sudo: ...

RE: sudo_noldap-1.9.5p2-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm installation error

Posted By Nag N Tue February 23, 2021 10:37 PM
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Before upgrading , try running command updtvpkg ------------------------------ Nag N ------------------------------

RE: how do I get AIX-rpm package

Posted By Nag N Thu February 18, 2021 03:12 PM
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Issue is resolved by running updtvpkg... whoever had dependency errors like above should run command updtvpkg.... see below link https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/understanding-aix-virtual-rpm-package-rpmrte Thanks Sangamesh, I have both repos 7.1 and 7.2 and based on OS version the yum.conf was ...

how do I get AIX-rpm package

Posted By Nag N Wed February 17, 2021 12:07 PM
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several dependency errors while installing sudo_noldap-1.9.5p2-1.ppc . I do not see AIX-rpm either in my repo or on tool box site . How do I fix this dependency issue ? --> yum install sudo_noldap-1.9.5p2-1.ppc Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> ...

RE: how to disable mail services completely on AIX 7.x systems

Posted By Nag N Fri February 12, 2021 01:44 AM
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I found a sendmail entry in /etc/rc.tcpip , I commented and rebooted the server . Then sendmail was "inoperative" .. Is this right way of disabling ? Also how to disable mailx permanently ? ------------------------------ Nag N ------------------------------

how to disable mail services completely on AIX 7.x systems

Posted By Nag N Fri February 12, 2021 01:15 AM
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Can someone respond how to disable sendmail and mailx permanently on AIX 7.x server. I do not see any entry for sendmail in inittab or statup script in /etc/rc.d , how do I disable both sendmail and mailx and it should not start upon reboot. --> lssrc -a|grep send sendmail mail 5177776 active ...

RE: Installing new sudo 1.9.5p2 package on AIX OS

Posted By Nag N Thu February 11, 2021 10:31 AM
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I had same issue, removed existing and installed sudo_ids-1.9.5p2-1.ppc fresh using yum, but it said "This sudo is built with /etc/sudo-ldap.conf " . I thought it is no ldap but not sure why it said used sudo-ldap.conf file. --> Running transaction check ---> Package sudo_ids.ppc 0:1.9.5p2-1 ...

RE: Installing new sudo 1.9.5p2 package on AIX OS

Posted By Nag N Fri February 05, 2021 01:33 PM
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Actually I am specifying -a ppc with repo sync reposync -p /usr/IBMAHS/htdocs/aixtoolbox -r AIX_Toolbox -a ppc createrepo /usr/IBMAHS/htdocs/aixtoolbox/AIX_Toolbox ------------------------------ Nag N ------------------------------

RE: Installing new sudo 1.9.5p2 package on AIX OS

Posted By Nag N Fri February 05, 2021 01:30 PM
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Sanket, I did several times "yum clean all" on yum client several times during my testing ... below are my repos and commands I am using to sync. on 7.1 yum client: .... samething on 7.2 except 71 changed to 72 --> yum repolist AIX_Toolbox | 2.9 kB 00:00 AIX_Toolbox/primary_db | 2.2 MB 00:00 ...