vncpasswd need passwd, and directory!

Question :

While accessing the vnc terminal created on the server i saw that it prompts for passwd but setting password was not working as shown below :

bash-3.00# vncpasswd
need passwd, and directory!
bash-3.00#


Answer :

Provide a valid password and directory name as shown below and it works .


bash-3.00# vncpasswd new4now ~/.vnc/passwd
bash-3.00#

Deleting duplicate rpms error: "xyz" specifies multiple packages:

Problem Statement : How to remove duplicate rpms on the machine .

[root@vminstlnx64test11 ~]# rpm --nodeps -e gpfs.gpl-3.4.0-0.noarch
error: "gpfs.gpl-3.4.0-0.noarch" specifies multiple packages:
  gpfs.gpl-3.4.0-0.noarch
  gpfs.gpl-3.4.0-0.noarch
[root@vminstlnx64test11 ~]#

Solution : Use the command  "package-cleanup --cleandupes"

Note : If package-cleanup is not available of the machine .Install the  utility install yum-utils.noarch .

#yum -y install yum-utils.noarch

((01)) [C_Initialize] failed at c_init_fini.c:152, rc = 2 (0x2), reason: [Failed to open /dev/pkcs11, reason : No such file or director

Problem Statement 

While doing ssh on AIX the following messages are seen during connection .

# ssh localhost

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Error stack trace (1 frames):

((01)) [C_Initialize] failed at c_init_fini.c:152, rc = 2 (0x2), reason: [Failed to open /dev/pkcs11, reason : No such file or directory

]

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Error stack trace (1 frames):
((01)) [C_Initialize] failed at c_init_fini.c:152, rc = 2 (0x2), reason: [Failed to open /dev/pkcs11, reason : No such file or directory
]

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root@localhost's password:

Solution

root@rac14 / > lslpp -l | grep pkcs
security.pkcs11 7.1.0.1 COMMITTED PKCS11 Device Driver
security.pkcs11 7.1.0.0 COMMITTED PKCS11 Device Driver

Remove the security.pkcs11 package as follows:
installp -u security.pkcs11 

mount.nfs: Remote I/O error

Question :

How to resolve the following mount error on Linux platforms ?

 [root@instrhel6ppc ~]# mount -o nolock thor:/devinst /devinst
mount.nfs: Remote I/O error
[root@instrhel6ppc ~]#

Answer :

Add the options to mount as shown below and it will resolve the issue .


[root@instrhel6ppc ~]# mount -o vers=3 thor:/devinst /devinst
[root@instrhel6ppc ~]#

Too early to specify a build action 'Build'. Do 'Build Build' instead

Question : While installing a perl module on AIX server saw the following error. After the download I ran the following commands to install the module.

# perl Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Tie::IxHash
# make install
        /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" Build.PL Build
Too early to specify a build action 'Build'.  Do 'Build Build' instead.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2.


Stop.
#

 Resolution :

Edit the generated Makefile as shown below :
1. Search for the following line in Makefile .

$(PERLRUNINST) Build.PL Build

2. Change it to as shown below :

$(PERLRUNINST) Build.PL &&Build

3. After this try "make install" again and it should complete successfully.