[7321] in SIPB bug reports
Solaris xmcd wrapper bug...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Mumpower)
Thu Jul 1 11:14:47 1999
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:14:36 -0400 (EDT)
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
From: Eric Mumpower <nocturne@MIT.EDU>
> m56-129-17% ps -wwaux | grep vold
> nocturne 24577 0.3 2.0 800 588 pts/0 S 11:11:44 0:00 grep vold
> root 484 0.0 3.6 2156 1068 ? S Jun 27 0:01 /usr/sbin/vold
> m56-129-17% /mit/sipb/arch/sun4x_56/bin/xmcd
> ps: illegal option -- f
> usage: ps [ -aceglnrSuUvwx ] [ -t term ] [ num ]
> This machine is currently not running /usr/sbin/vold, which
> is necessary for xmcd to function properly on Sun workstations.
> If this machine is a cluster workstation, you can restart vold by
> typing:
>
> add consult
> voldstart
> at your athena% prompt. If this is not a public workstation, you
> can restart vold by logging in as root and running:
> /usr/sbin/vold &
> m56-129-17% which ps
> /mit/nocturne/bin/ps
> m56-129-17% ls -la /mit/nocturne/bin/ps
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 nocturne mit 11 May 11 1995 /mit/nocturne/bin/ps -> /usr/ucb/ps
> m56-129-17% ps -wwaux | grep vold
> nocturne 24586 0.3 2.0 800 588 pts/0 S 11:12:19 0:00 grep vold
> root 484 0.0 3.6 2156 1068 ? S Jun 27 0:01 /usr/sbin/vold
> m56-129-17% grep ps `which xmcd`
> vold=`ps -ef | grep /usr/sbin/vold | grep -v grep | wc | awk '{print $1}'`
Really, that should be '/usr/bin/ps -ef' instead of just 'ps -ef'.