[nflug] Making A CD Into A Zip File While Preserving Permissions (A Bit OT)...

[Darin Perusich]

i almost forgot, if they are not run the following.

rpcbind: 	/etc/init.d/rpc start
nfsd|mountd: 	/etc/init.d/nfs.server start
lockd|statd|:	/etc/init.d/nfs.client start

Darin Perusich wrote:
> check if rpcbind, nfsd, mountd, lockd, and statd are running.
> 
> ps -aef |egrep "(rpc|nfs|mount|lock|stat)"
> 
> 
> 
> DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote:
> 
>> I'm getting the following error:
>>
>> nfs mount: local_host: : RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Unable to receive
>> nfs mount: retrying: /mnt
>>
>> *Yes, I did change the "local_host" to the server name ;-)
>>
>>
>>>>> Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com 02/17/06 3:39 PM >>>
>>
>>
>> are you planning on running NFS over the internet? i would not
>> recommend that if you where. as long as the remote server can 
>> talk/ping the
>> remote machine this isn't a problem.
>>
>> on the local server:
>> - insert the cd into the drive, it should mount at /cdrom/cdrom0.
>> - add "share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/cdrom0" to /etc/dfs/dfstab
>>    echo "share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/cdrom0" >> /etc/dfs/dfstab
>> - start nfs.server script
>>    /etc/init.d/nfs.server start
>> - test that it's shared
>>    mount local_server:/cdrom/cdrom0 /mnt
>>    ls /mnt
>> - if you see the contents of the cdrom unmount the nfs mount.
>>    umount /mnt
>>
>> on the remote server:
>> - mount the nfs filesystem
>>    mount local_server:/cdrom/cdrom0 /mnt
>> - copy the cd to a remote directory
>>    cd /mnt; tar -cf - . |(cd /dir/with/alot_of_space; tar -xf -)
>> - when copy is complete unmount the nfs mount
>>    umount /mnt
>>
>> enjoy.
>>
>> DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote:
>>
>>> I have the CD in a local solaris server. Will NFS work to mount the
>>> cdrom drive from the "out of state" servers? If so, what are the
>>
>>
>> exact
>>
>>> commands?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com 02/09/06 3:09 PM >>>
>>>
>>>
>>> you can steam line the below 2 steps into one.
>>>
>>> mount -F hsfs -o ro `lofiadm -a /path/to/file.iso` /mnt
>>>
>>> Robert Meyer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> In Solaris, do a 'man lofi' to find out how loopbacks work.  You
>>
>>
>> will
>>
>>> probably
>>>
>>>
>>>> have to do something like:
>>>> lofiadm -a file.iso /dev/lofi/1
>>>> mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
>>>>
>>>> It will mount the CDrom image as /mnt in readonly mode.  Don't try
>>
>>
>> to
>>
>>> make it
>>>
>>>
>>>> read/write or bad things will happen.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps...
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI <dmagnuszewski at mandtbank.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a dilemma. I have a CD for an application for a Solaris
>>>
>>>
>>> server.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> The Solaris server is not in this state. In an effort to do this
>>
>>
>> from
>>
>>> my
>>>
>>>
>>>>> desk, I tried creating a zip file of all the contents of the CD on
>>>
>>>
>>> my
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Windows XP workstation, and SCP'd the zip files over to the server.
>>>
>>>
>>> I
>>>
>>>
>>>>> unzipped the file and began to install the application - all this
>>>>> involves is running one shell script which will in turn run other
>>>>> scripts. The CD contains scripts/files of various permission
>>
>>
>> levels.
>>
>>>>> When I tried running the script, I kept getting errors about
>>
>>
>> various
>>
>>>>> other scripts not being able to execute.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way that I can zip/tar/copy all the contents of a CD
>>
>>
>> on
>>
>>> a
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Windows XP workstation, SCP it to a Solaris server, unzip/untar it,
>>>
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>
>>>>> preserve the file permissions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Dan
>>>>>
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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com
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