[rescue] Solaris 10 puzzle

[Phil Stracchino]

Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> It's up to you, but this is a perfect time to use DTrace.

Indeed.  Good thought...   a good practical exercise.

> bash-2.05b# more dtrace-syscalls.d 
> syscall:::entry
> {
>    @func[execname,probefunc] = count();
> }
> tick-10s { exit(0);}
> 
> Will give you 10 seconds of data showing what program is calling what
> syscall.  I am pretty sure sethostname or something like that is a
> syscall.

I'll give this a try.  It appears I can generate the offending behavior 
more or less on demand by attempting to log in via the Java Desktop.

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