I carelessly remove the contents of /var/sadm/pkg

I carelessly remove the contents of /var/sadm/pkg. I do not have any backup of the folder. What can I do ? Thanks a lot.

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Package question - what are the uses for /var/sadm/pkg ?

I'm writing packages and noticed once a packages is installed using pkgadd, that files and dirs are created in the /var/sadm/pkg directory. I'm specificly intereseted in the pkginfo file - it contains all the variables from my request script and their values. My question is what are all the uses for this file?
I've noticed that pkginfo reads from it but would there be any problem deleting certain lines from that file (lines not used by pkginfo - just variables used in the request script that I'd really rather not have floating around in a publicly accessable file).
thanks!
Bob

I'm refering specificly to the file "/var/sadm/pkg/<pkgName>/pkginfo" - it's created during pkgadd and contains all the variable-value pairs from the packages pkginfo file as well as any variables used in the request script and copied to it's temporary response file. I'm not refering to the pkginfo file that you create as a package infofile component.
I want to remove, from the /var/sadm/pkg/<pkgName>/pkginfo file, certain var-value pairs that were used in my request scripts (not part of the InfoFile/pkginfo component). Otherwise, any user can look at this file or run 'pkgparam <pkgName>' and get that sensative info.
To the best of my knowledge, this file is only used by the commands pkgparam and pkginfo. Are there other uses?
My worries are:
-is it OK to remove lines manually during the postinstall script?
-will doing this cause problems with any admin or package maintenance functions?
Thanks-
Bob

/var/sadm/pkg

Is there a way to migrate the '/var/sadm/pkg' directory safely so that the related 'pkg*' commands are still reporting proper information?
For example, if i have a bigger partition/filesystem created for it as a new destination, and the '/var/sadm/pkg' is just running out of space,
- can i simply 'tar/cpio' the '/var/sadm/pkg' directory, and move it to the new partition, and create a symbolic link from '/var/sadm/'? and, can i do it online?
Thanks, and any help will be appreciated.

user5534036 wrote:
- can i simply 'tar/cpio' the '/var/sadm/pkg' directory, and move it to the new partition, and create a symbolic link from '/var/sadm/'? and, can i do it online?Yes, you can move the contents of /var/sadm to another directory or filesystem, but you must not use a symbolic link to point at it: The next pkgadd/pkgrm or patchadd/patchrm command will remove the link and re-create a (then empty) /var/sadm/ directory.
Use a loopback mount (man lofs, mount -F lofs ...) instead to mount e.g. /new/sadm to /var/sadm.
Newer versions of Solaris run a "pkgserv" service (svcs -l pkgserv). Maybe it's safer to stop this before the move and restart it afterwards.
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I have discovered a system. When I go to the unmanaged asset tab, highlight the host and select manage asset the job fails provisioning the agent. The error is can't open /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWesado.
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I have 149GB of backedup data eating up my laptop's hard drive space (300GB). I want that space BACK! But I'm afraid that I'll jack up my system even worse if I go in there and start deleting files.
Here's the my story...
I tried many times (unsuccessfully) to get Time Machine to work with my external WD Mybook Mirror Edition Hard Drive. It was work initially but then fail to backup and it wouldn't even really give me a reason it would just say that it was unable to back up to the drive. So I gave up, turned time machine off and tried to drag what files had been backed-up by Time Machine from my external drive to the trash. That's where my problems multiplied.
As you may know Time Machine puts some niffy locks on the files. Even holding down the option key while dragging the files didn't seem to fix things. So after doing some poking around I found this thread on the internet which showed me how to remove the ACL associated with the backup files so that they could be removed.
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Then I dragged the backup files to the trash (using the option key) and eventually the files were deleted. At least they weren't showing up on my external drive anymore.
I thought that I was in the clear, but then yesterday I got this stupid your scratch disk is full warning while trying to use Photoshop. SO I took a peak at my local disk and discovered that I only had 45MB left on a 300GB drive. I quickly went through all of my folders in the finder looking at how much disk space they were taking up. It didn't add up. There had to be some files that the finder wasn't showing me. So did some more research online and came across this little gem:
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http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/
According to OmniDiskSweeper I have 149GB of files in a hidden "Volumes" folder. After looking at the files, it's pretty clear to me that I'm looking at the backups from either Carbon Copy Clone, or Time Machine (Guessing the Later). I have CCC setup to backup to the same external drive mentioned earlier, but I stopped this process when I realized that I had more files on my local drive than I should have.
*So back to my original question. How do I nuke these freaking files without breaking anything. Thanks.*

Niel,
Thank you for the response. I did as you suggested, and it worked. I had a few hiccups along the way:
1. Option + Dragging the files to the trash didn't work alone. I had to unlock the files:
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2. My external drive was mounted with a number after it. So I tried to eject it and it gave me some crap about it being in use (Even after I quit everything). So I shut my machine down, Disconnected the USB cable, Restarted and then reconnected the external drive. It now shows under volumes without the number after it.
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Solaris 9, /var/sadm/install/contents and fix-modes issues

I'm in the middle of patching a bunch of systems right now using Martin Paul's PCA and Casper Dik's fix-modes and I'm getting some rather odd error messages from fix-modes after installing the Recommended and Security patches from 06 August 2007.
I'm seeing this on better than a dozen machines right now, and it doesn't seem to be consistent on which entries have the problems.
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WARNING: Unparseble mode "?" at /var/sadm/install/contents:1238
WARNING: Unparseble mode "?" at /var/sadm/install/contents:2348
WARNING: Unparseble mode "?" at /var/sadm/install/contents:2359
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secure-modes: WARNING: Incomplete entry at /var/sadm/install/contents:2380
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107: /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config d none ? ? ? VRTSweb
1238: /etc/opt/SUNWsrspx d none ? ? ? SUNWsrspx
2348: /kernel/drv/vxapm d none ? ? ? VRTSvxvm
2359: /kernel/drv/vxapm/sparcv9 d none ? ? ? VRTSvxvm
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2380: /kernel/drv/vxio.conf ? none VRTSvxvm
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IMHO the only thing that should modify the contents of /var/sadm/install/contents is a system utility. There is work currently underway to update the way that this file is modified.
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-arc/2009-March/014675.html
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Differential flars for install & Population of /var/sadm/install/contents

We are using differential flars to speed up installation, and have noticed that the /var/sadm/install/contents file is not being updated with the files coming from the packages in the differential flars on installation. Is this something that should be done automatically? Or is there something that we must do at flar create time or installation time to enable this? Thanks.
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IMHO the only thing that should modify the contents of /var/sadm/install/contents is a system utility. There is work currently underway to update the way that this file is modified.
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-arc/2009-March/014675.html
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Patch Manager 2.0 vs. /var/sadm installation problem.

Hello -
uname -a (minus the host name):
SunOS 5.8 Generic_117350-34 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
Due to space restrictions, /var/sadm has been moved to another drive and a
soft link in /var created so that /var/sadm --> /void/sadm
Here starts the fun:
================== <-- More text at the matching string of equal-signs.
# ./pmsetup
Installing Patch Manager 2.0 ...
Processing package instance <SUNWppror> from
</void/home/mbecker/Patches/Patch_Manager_2.0/2.8/packages/sparc>
PatchPro core functionality (Root)
(sparc) 5.0,REV=2004.06.10.04.44
Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Using <> as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
3 package pathnames are already properly installed.
## Verifying package dependencies.
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pkgadd: ERROR: unable to create lock file </var/sadm/install/.pkg.lock>.
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partially installed.
There are 2 more packages to be installed.
Do you want to continue with installation [y,n,?] n
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==================
And now /var contains a partially-populated /sadm directory. The soft-link to
the second drive has been removed. So I remove /var/sadm, recreate the soft
link, and <whew> everything is back to ..normal.
Must the install remove the soft link to /var/sadm --> /void/sadm ?
Must everything be shifted around to put /void/sadm back into /var/sadm? There
have been a lot of patches installed.. and there's a lot of stuff in those
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Hello -
I ..found your response while searching for the solution to another problem.
The problem was ..fixed.. by moving the contents of /var/sadm to a free partition on a second drive then mounting that partition to /var/sadm.
By "free" ... I spent an evening backing up the second disk then doing a repartition. Brute force.. but it worked.
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