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From: curt@OCE.ORST.EDU (Curt Vandetta)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: multiple ypbind's running.
Date: 30 Jul 92 16:50:15 GMT
Organization: College of Oceanography, Oregon State Univ


  Hello Folks,

  I'm running a rather "non-standard" yp configuration.  I have 5 RS6000's
  on a subnet, ypbind'ed to a server on a different subnet.  I do this
  with a 'ypset 128.....' command, since I can't broadcast to my
  ypserver.  This works fine, except for when yp fails, because in order
  to get rebound to my server I must do the 'ypset 128....' command.
  Well there have been a few times when this has happened and I haven't
  be around to give the ypset command.  When this happens I notice that
  startsrc -s ypbind (this is the call in the /etc/rc.nfs) starts up
  multiple occurances of ypbind.  I'll sometimes have 3 and 4 running
  on each machine.  After I get the ypset command given everything seems
  to behave fine, except I still have multiple ypbinds running.  Are
  the multiple ypbinds going to cause me any problems?  When ever I
  notice there are multiple ypbinds running I always stop and start
  ypbind just to get it back down to 1 ypbind running.  Has anyone
  else seen this?

  Thanks,
  Curt
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From: scotte@cdsac.uucp (L. Scott Emmons)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: When was it really created?
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:53:21 GMT
Organization: Cable Data (U.S. Computer Services), Sacramento, CA

In article <1992Jul24.185429.13174@athena.cs.uga.edu> is@groucho.dev.uga.edu (Bob Stearns) writes:
>As is usual in a multiuser system, we are short of disk space. We make
>available to our users a segment where files which will be reused or
>moved offline may be kept for up to four days. They have discovered
>touch (all of 100's of files with the same time stamp to within a
>second) and are abusing the privelege.
>
>Does anyone know how to get the real (untouched, untouchable) file
>creation time of a file in AIX? Do I have to create a database of my own
>with time first seen and checksum? Has anyone else solved this problem?

Every UNIX file has three timestamps associated with it: time of
CREATION, time of last MODIFICATION, and time of last ACCESS (includes
open for read).

You can use the "/bin/find" command to find files based on creation
date using the "-ctime" flag, for example:

	/bin/find /archive -ctime +4 -exec rm -f {} \;

will remove any files which were created more than 4 days ago on the
"/archive" filesystem.

Note that users can still get around this by copying the files around.
(CREATION time really means the last time the inode was changed for
the file).

If you like, you can add this to "/etc/skulker", then tweak the rest
of "skulker" to your liking, and uncomment the crontab entry for it...

Hope this helps...
-- 
			   L. Scott Emmons
		     csusac.csus.edu!cdsac!scotte
From: Barry_Wolman@transarc.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Changing LIBPATH in an Executable
Date: 21 Jul 92 12:41:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: transarc.QeP7NVr0Bwxa8l5shq
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I'd like to be able to change the LIBPATH stored in an executable.  I
realize I can use
	setenv LIBPATH ...
to specify a LIBPATH that overrides the LIBPATH stored in an
executable.  Doing this presents a problem if one is dealing with
multiple executables having different LIBPATH requirements.

I tried writing a simple utility that did the following (I've glossed
over some details):

1. Find the loader section header

2. Read and parse the import triples (path, base, and archive)
specified by the loader section header

3. Replace the path component (LIBPATH) of the first import triple
with the string specifying the new LIBPATH

4. Write the new import table at the end of the executable

5. Update the loader section header to reference the new import table
(updated values for l_islen and l_impoff)

6. Rewrite the updated loader section header

This partially works.  When I used "dump -H" to display the import
list for the modified file, it shows the new LIBPATH and the other
information is unchanged.  But, when I try to execute the resulting
object module, I get

perf[barry] hello
Could not load program hello
hello is not executable or not in correct XCOFF format
Error was: Exec format error

So, it appears that AIX may be making assumptions about the structure
of the object module not reflected in the documentation.  Does anyone
know what else I need to change to get this utility to work?  Even
better,  if such a utility already exists, where can I find it?
I'll be glad to donate mine if I can finish it, but I'd rather just
use an existing program.

Thanks,
Barry Wolman
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu (Hari Seldon)
Subject: Re: 8mm tape drives
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 00:47:31 GMT

In <SM.92Jul23143359@suns2.cel.co.uk> sm@cel.co.uk (salim mehta) writes:

>I've seen a lot of discussion about 8mm tape; but not much about the Exabyte
>drive itself.

>We use Exabyte drives and often get tape jams, infact 30% of our field returns
>involve tape jams. Are we unlucky, or do other people experience this as well?

>We use a mix of tape brands including:

>ExaTape
>SONY data grade
>SONY video grade
avoid vidio grade tape
>Fuji data grade

>The drives are cleaned every 2-4 weeks with the Exabyte cleaning tape. We have
do you really use them that much??
>been advised by Exabyte that tape jams are caused by poor loading technique!
??? i've d**** near kicked them in (in the we hrs of the am when i should have
given up and gone home to bed) and have never had a problem due to this.
i do recall having pitched a tape against the wall cause someone wp'd a tape
and stuck it up with the blank ones (but thats a different story)
>They suggest the following procedure:

>1) check there is NO tape slack
ummm it's their drive which tensions the tape, and when unloaded the tape
is locked
>2) load tape so that it is fully seated into the loading tray
if its not you'll not be able to close the door.
>3) close door by pushing *top left hand corner*
what?!?!?!?!? please give me a break. if the eng who designed this heard
that support is saying the design is this bad. i'm sure (s)hed be pretty
ticked off. besides the eng'd be gone.
>4) make sure that the door latches on first attempt
again, i've shoved 2-3 times and never any problem.
>5) if door does NOT latch first time remove tape and repeat from step 2
see step 3

>Any feedback on this topic would be appreciated.
exabyte designs tape drives/firmware on pc's.
they sell this to oems who rewrite the roms.
they sell few generic tapedrives? see your oem for a drive
they've ported. see if this solves the problem. we had a problem
1 time with an older drive (no idea what the specs were) it was replaced
and now works fine (?) if the drive hangs press and hold the blue
button for 5-10 sec, the drive should! clear and release the tape.
(i believe this is similar to a po reset)

bill pociengel
p.s. we are currently trying to use some tapes to failure in our
drive. ibm labeled (sony?), mountain tapes (from the gov catalog.
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bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: bdixon@wap.uucp (Bill Dixon)
Subject: Screen lock program
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:05:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: White Aluminum Products, Leesburg, FL

If this is a FAQ, I apologize profusely.

I have an IBM 5081 16" color monitor as the console of my RS/6000.  I use
it as my personal terminal.

I tell our users that they have to log off the system if they are going to
leave their desk.  They do a pretty good job of remembering to do so, even
if they do grumble about having to do it.

However, it isn't going to look very good if I make them log off, but I
don't log off myself.  Unfortunately, I routinely have several (try 10 to
15) windows open running different applications.  Many of these require
several keystrokes to exit from cleanly.  A lot of them can cause trouble
if I just do a Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, and kill everything.

Is there any way to lock up the terminal, so that I could walk away from
it in good conscience? 

Granted, I'm lazy.  But it would be nice to do.

Thanks for any assistance.
-- 
Bill Dixon
bdixon@wap.oau.org
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: a866700@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (Wong Siu To)
Subject: GCC 2.2.2 on AIX
Organization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:42:59 GMT

Hi all,

I'm novice to AIX and hope that this's not an FAQ.

I've an RS6000/320 running AIX (3.x, I forget it :(  )  I tried to
install gcc 2.2.2 on it but with following error encountered:

#make LANGUAGES=c
.....
_muldi3
Assembler:
/tmp/ccJmMCkR.s: line 25: Error In Syntax 
1254-004  The error code from the last failed command is 1.

Make Quitting.
# 


Would anyone pls help ?

Thanks in advance !

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: prener@watson.ibm.com (Dan Prener)
Subject: Re: Export list limit
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 07:44:37 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, New York

In article <1992Jul23.194638.21875@athena.cs.uga.edu> is@groucho.dev.uga.edu (Bob Stearns) writes:

>We have just reached an UNDOCUMENTED, UNKNOWN, and UNDIAGNOSED limit in
>exporting file systems. Apparaently somewhere between 13 and 16 is a
>hard but undiagnosed limit on the number of named individual recipients
>of a file system. The symptoms include, but are not limited to:
>    du locks up a session so badly that it can not be kill -9ed
>    df similarly
>    some subset of the directories get "xxxxx not readable" while trying
>       little things like ls, pwd, cat
>    file systems become read only, apparently arbitrarily
>    logins lock up after password, so badly they can not be kill -9ed

>If you have seen this, seen documentation on this (yes we did RTFM),
>know the solution to it, know where to find the solution, know the exact
>limit, or especially, know the developer so we can fix him, please let
>us know.

>If you know a circumvention on this limit for large clusters we are very
>interested in the answer.

You could use netgroups as a work-around.  There may be some limit there,
too, as to how many entries are allowed in a netgroup, but that would
not be a problem since netgroups can be nested.
--
                                   Dan Prener (prener@watson.ibm.com)
From: albani@cadlab.sublink.org (Lanfranco Albani)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Why is info so SLOOOOW! (AIX 3.2)
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:54:52 GMT
Organization: CAD.LAB S.p.A., Bologna, Italia

ccvj@misty.latrobe.edu.au (Vicki Jordan) writes:
:>Does anyone know why, after I installed AIX 3.2 Info Explorer is so *SLOW*?
:>Simple man commands can take up to a minute or more sometimes.  I didn't
:>install any of the Info stuff on the SCSI disks, I'm just using the CD ROM
:>(IBM 7201-001).  I had the same setup in our AIX 3.1.5, but info and man were
:>alot faster.
:
:... I think they are slow under 3.1.5.  Don't tell me its going to get
:worse!


Oh, just a bit slower.....

:-(
:-)

Bye, Lanfranco

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Email: (work:) albani@cadlab.sublink.org, (home:) bob@allan.sublink.org
Phone: (work:) ++39 (51) 6130360, (home:) ++39 (51) 727372; 
Fax: ++39 (51) 6130294 (work only), Fidonet: 2:332/407.1138 (home only).
From: jsantos@godzilla.ma30.bull.com (James Santos)
Subject: A couple of questions...
Organization: Bull HN Informations Systems Inc.
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:17:00 GMT
Keywords: configuration database

Hi,
	I have an RS6K 530H running AIX 3.2 which I have a couple of
questions about:

1) Entries in the configuration database seem to have been corrupted.
In some places in smit, the "rootvg" volume group and some of the
logical volumes that it contains have spurious characters in their
names.  Here is the output from 'lspv':

# lspv
hdisk0         000015922ee778bb    root8g <---- wrong!
hdisk1         0000223796f33260    rootvg
hdisk2         0000223796e1b9f6    rootvg B <---- wrong!
hdisk3         0000223796e1bbc6    None
hdisk4         0000223796e1bde3    None

If I go into smit under "Change Characteristics of a Physical Volume"
and ask it to give me a list of the physical volumes, I get:

hd[Bk0 <---- should be 'hdisk0'
hdisk1[ <---- should be 'hdisk1'
hdisk2 <---- this one is OK

  What can I do to correct these entries in the database?

2) When running X-windows (started by typing 'xinit') on a color
terminal which is connected directly to the 530H, periodically the
terminal hangs when the user is trying to exit X-windows.  I noticed
that the default setup is not configured so that X-windows can be
exited by exiting the window manager.  Is it a no-no to terminate all
of your X clients before shutting down the server?  When the terminal
hangs, even Ctl-Alt-Backspace won't free it.

Thanks,

-- Jim
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Jim Santos
Bull Worldwide Information Systems
J.Santos@bull.com
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From: lopez@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Chris &)
Subject: Fujitsu M265X SCSC-II good?
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:03:47 GMT

We need to replace a disk drive on an RS6000 model 530.  One of the drives
that has been suggested (by a non RS6000 person) was the Fujitsu M265X
SCSI drive.  If you have had any experience (good or bad) with this drive
please let me know.  Specific questions I would like answered are:

1) It claims to format out to 1.488G with an average seek of 11.5ms.  True?
2) Are any special cables/adapters needed for 3rd party external SCSI drives?
   (this must be a FAQ but is not in the FAQ)
3) If special cables/adapters are needed do they affect the disks performance?


Please Email responses to me and I will post a summary. 


Thanks

Chris Lopez                       lopez@ils.nwu.edu
Northwestern University
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: prener@watson.ibm.com (Dan Prener)
Subject: Re: xlf -qextchk
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 07:54:57 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, New York

In article <1992Jul27.043657.22336@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> ron@sarah.lerc.nasa.gov (Ron Gaug) writes:

>Does anyone know how to get some useful diagnostics from the xlf compiler's
>extchk option? Here's an excerpt from the xlf manual page:

>            extchk      Perform procedure interface checking as well as
>                        detection of mismatched common blocks.

  [lots of stuff deleted]

>        [hilbert]:514% xlf -v -qextchk -qsource extchk_bug.f
>        exec: /usr/lpp/xlf/bin/xlfentry(xlfentry,extchk_bug.f,/tmp/F8FNsCkR,extchk_bug.lst,xlfsmsg.cat,xlfmsg.cat,EXTCHK,SOURCE,NULL)
>        ** foo   === End of Compilation 1 ===
>        ** xyzzy   === End of Compilation 2 ===
>        1501-510  Compilation successful for file extchk_bug.f.
>        0706-316 Error: Type mismatches detected. References dumped to load map.
  [more stuff deleted]

>And the references to the type mismatches that were detected were dumped
>to the load map.  Now if I could just get a load map. :-) And where's my a.out?

In order to get the loadmap, add the option

   -bloadmap:<filename>

and the loadmap will appear as the file you name in place of "<filename>".
Well, actually it isn't a loadmap, but rather an inappropriately named
log of linker actions and messages.

The reason you didn't get an a.out is that there was an error: your
type mismatch.  Now, in case you are wondering about the remaining
bunch of puzzling details, such as what were all those files being
unlinked, and how would a log of linker actions and messages help if
it never invoked ld, here is the crucial fact.  When xlf is given a
file containing more than a single program or subprogram, it compiles
them into multiple files, the strangely named files that were
unlinked, in your posting, and then quietly feeds that collection of
files to ld to do a partial link that will produce a single .o file.
It was that hidden ld step that failed, causing the real ld, which
would link in the libraries and produce an executable, never to be
executed.  It was also the hidden ld whose "loadmap" would contain
the messages you were looking for.

This explanation is given only to explain the details.  You should not
have to concern yourself with the distinction between the hidden
invocation of ld, and the usual one, e.g., when multiple files are
compiled.  In both cases the messages will be found in the file you
specify with the

    -bloadmap:<filename>

option.


--
                                   Dan Prener (prener@watson.ibm.com)
From: kehne@austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: 3.2 Network Installation - problem
Date: 27 Jul 92 17:16:20 GMT
Organization: IBM Austin
Originator: kehne@kehne.austin.ibm.com


Rather than try the home-run approach of booting from the server try the 
ping test from the built in menus (this is only valid on models 340,350,220).  
This will give you confidence that you actually can communicate with the
server before attempting to boot from it.  

Note: There is a bug with the built in ping test.  If it fails initially due to a problem on
the net, such as not plugged into the wall, it will continue to fail even after plugging 
the cable in.  A quick reboot will cause it to run the test correctly again.  In other words,
once the ping test fails it will continue to fail until the machine is rebooted. 
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: prener@watson.ibm.com (Dan Prener)
Subject: Re: Problem during ld
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:06:37 GMT
Distribution: comp
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, New York

In article <KOVACS.92Jul29092617@orgel.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> kovacs@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Ernoe Kovacs) writes:

>we stumbled over the following problem. During linking the ld dies with the
>following error message:

>orgel:dish<55> ld -x -r dishvrsn.o
>0706-101 ERROR:  BUMP:  Allocation of 12583112 bytes failed. 
>                 There is not enough memory available now.
>                 Please try again later or use local
>                 problem reporting procedures.

Could you be running into your ulimit -d (in ksh, or the equivalent in
other shells)?
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                                   Dan Prener (prener@watson.ibm.com)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: map@hal.maths.monash.edu.au (Michael Page)
Subject: Re: IBM screws a few more customers
Organization: Mathematics Department, Monash University, Australia
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:01:36 GMT

In article <1863@coyote.UUCP> drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com (Sam Drake) writes:
>
>Rather than abandoning these users, IBM offered customers who purchased
>the original "Color Graphics Display Adapter" or the "High-Performance
>3D Color Graphics Processor" (sabine) a 100% credit towards the purchase
>price of a replacement Gt3, Gt4 or Gt4x adapter.  

Hang on, you mention problems with the sabine, but are there also problems
with the CGDA?  Isn't that the skyway, the only adapter on which the X11R5 
server works?  If there are no problems with the CGDA, what are the reasons
for offering a 100% credit, and why should I swap to a Gt3 (or whatever)?

>That's right ... a 100% credit.  Ask your marketing rep to look up 
>announcement 391-102, dated 7/24/91.  

It sure didn't make it to this side of the Pacific.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: tkevans@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Tim Evans)
Subject: Cannot set process credentials
Reply-To: tkevans@eplrx7.es.dupont.com
Organization: DuPont Engineering Physics Laboratory
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:20:35 GMT

A user trying to telnet/rlogin to our AIX hosts is suddently 
being denied access with the message "cannot set process
credentials".  Even root gets the same message when su-ing
to the user's account.

Help appreciated.
-- 
Tim Evans                     |    E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
tkevans@eplrx7.es.dupont.com  |    Experimental Station
(302) 695-9353/7395           |    P.O. Box 80357
EVANSTK AT A1 AT ESVAX        |    Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0357
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: gamiddle@math.waterloo.edu (Guy Middleton)
Subject: setreuid() broken?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:41:04 GMT

Sorry if this has been mentioned here before, but I just started reading this
newsgroup.  setreuid() doesn't seen to work right:

# cat foo.c
#include <errno.h>

main() {
	setuid(0);
	seteuid(0);

	printf("%d, %d\n", getuid(), geteuid());

	if (setreuid(-1, 200))
		printf("errno = %d\n", errno);

	printf("%d, %d\n", getuid(), geteuid());
}
#
# ./a.out
0, 0
errno = 1
0, 0
#

This is crazy.  If my uid and euid are 0, how could I possibly get an
EPERM error?

Is there any way to get this to do what I expect?

 -Guy Middleton, University of Waterloo		gamiddleton@math.waterloo.edu
		(+1 519 885 1211 x3472)		gamiddleton@math.uwaterloo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: ellis@giga.cs.umn.edu (Shawn Eric Ellis)
Subject: Printer Support for HP LaserJet IIIp
Summary: Long jobs brings the printer "DOWN"
Keywords: printer support queue postscript
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:49:01 GMT



	I tried setting up a HPLaserJet IIIp as a postscript printer and it 
works fine for printing small jobs.  When I try sending it a job that is about
13 pages long (ASCII), the queue reports that the status of the printer is down.

Long jobs cause the printer to timeout.  I tried adjusting the printer timeout 
using smit and I didn't have any luck.  Is there something I can do to relieve
this problem??  I'm really stuck on this one. :-(

	Shawn Ellis
	ellis@flynn.medc.umn.edu 


Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: bonaccio@griffin (Tony Bonaccio)
Subject: Decisions, decisions: AIX-PS/2 or RS6K 32H?
Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 02:39:44 GMT


This might sound a little goofy to some of you but here goes.  I'm using AIX-
PS/2 on PS/2 Model 80-311 with an 8514/A video card.  Works great and does
everything I need including allowing me to boot DOS occasionally and run 
Windows and various apps.

Now they're threatening to replace my trusty ol' Intel-based box with a real-
live RS6K 320 with a 6091 (nicer than a PS/2 8514 by far) video.  My dilemma
is this: 80% of the time I'm using the PS/2 in AIX mode with X-windows, etc.
This would obviously be vastly improved with the RS6K.  The other 20% of the 
time, I'm using Windows apps which are key to my job.  I can't live without
them.  

My question is this:  should I take the RS6000, given a continuing need for 
Windows apps?  I understand that the best I can get with IBM PCSIM is 
Windows 3.0 real mode - I don't think this would be acceptable.  Are there 
other DOS/80x86 simulators out there for the RS6000?  I'd appreciate any 
net-wisdom...

Tony

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