• • From Debian's Logcheck package. It is a PERL reimplementation of Logcheck's logtail.c. Logtail can be run repeatedly against a log file, and logtail will only display lines added since the last run of logtail. The output can be redirected or processed as needed.

• • From Debian's Logcheck package. It is a PERL reimplementation of Logcheck's logtail.c. Logtail can be run repeatedly against a log file, and logtail will only display lines added since the last run of logtail. The output can be redirected or processed as needed. ( Fixed link. )

-- RussellAdams - 27 Jul 2004

-- RussellAdams - 25 May 2005

• setpwd.aix.c
  • This program allows the superuser to update a user's password from the command line. Previously used in a 1500 user migration and in daily use in a helpdesk resetting user passwords.

• msftdrm.txt: MS DRM Speech

%META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="logtail.pl" attr="" comment="From Debian's Logcheck package." date="1090942160" path="logtail.pl" size="1658" user="RussellAdams" version="1.1"}% %META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="msftdrm.txt" attr="" comment="MS DRM Speech" date="1091488403" path="msftdrm.txt" size="43861" user="RussellAdams" version="1.1"}%

%META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="logtail.pl" attr="" comment="PERL implementation of logtail" date="1092174191" path="logtail.pl" size="1616" user="RussellAdams" version="1.1"}% %META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="setpwd.aix.c" attr="" comment="Set user passwords via command line" date="1092174239" path="setpwd.aix.c" size="6747" user="RussellAdams" version="1.1"}%

• msftdrm.txt: MS DRM Speech

%META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="msftdrm.txt" attr="" comment="MS DRM Speech" date="1091488403" path="msftdrm.txt" size="43861" user="RussellAdams" version="1.1"}%

%META:TOPICINFO{author="RussellAdams" date="1090942440" format="1.0" version="1.1"}% %META:TOPICPARENT{name="WebHome"}%

Admin Tools

Below I've collected some links and scripts that are handy on AIX systems.

• logtail.pl
  • From Debian's Logcheck package. It is a PERL reimplementation of Logcheck's logtail.c. Logtail can be run repeatedly against a log file, and logtail will only display lines added since the last run of logtail. The output can be redirected or processed as needed.

-- RussellAdams - 27 Jul 2004 %META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="logtail.pl" attr="" comment="From Debian's Logcheck package." date="1090942160" path="logtail.pl" size="1658" user="RussellAdams" version="1.1"}%