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From: roihar@cc4.crl.aecl.ca
Subject: need to communicate and autologin via serial on SS2 (SunOS 4.1.1)
Organization: AECL RESEARCH
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:15:48 GMT

Hello fello netters...

I'm currently attempting to get our SPARCstation 2 serial port talking to a
Concurrent 3280 superminicomputer using cu under SunOS 4.1.1. I don't need 
file transfer capabilities, just the ability to communicate in 7 bit, even
parity ASCII. I modified the /etc/uucp/Systems file and the /etc/uucp/Devices
file and using the command cu -e <system> am attempting to talk with the
superminicomputer. I can talk just fine but I'd like to automatically log 
into the system. cu is either not recognizing my login information field
in the Systems file OR it's not sending and receiving properly. I'm running
cu in a shelltool (shelltool cu -e ccur &     OR
                   shelltool -I cu\ -e\ ccur\ &) but neither of these seem to
work properly. The connection is made properly but no automatic login! It doesn't send out anything on the line (/dev/ttya) or seem to receive anything
from it (/dev/ttya) no matter how I change the login field in the Systems
file. Once the connection is established, however, anything I type goes out to
the port and and the Concurrent responds as expected. Anybody have any idea
what I might be doing wrong?

I'm not stuck on cu. I'll use anything that I can get the source code (smaller
the better) for to do the same job (i.e. communicate and allow autologin).
Anybody got any pointers to any other public domain or standard Unix utilities
that'll do this? I eventually want to have a program on the workstation 
communicating with a program on the superminicomputer via the serial RS232 line.

		Please respond directly to Martin Thompson
		at one of the following Internet email addresses:

			roihar@crl.aecl.ca (preferred)

		OR

			root@cu48.crl.aecl.ca
From: mickel@OES.ORST.EDU (Paul M. Mickel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: How to hack passwd or login
Date: 7 Jan 93 15:27:41 GMT
Organization: Oregon Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or.
NNTP-Posting-Host: oes.orst.edu

In article <1992Dec22.194111.18155@news.duc.auburn.edu> elling@eng.auburn.edu writes:
>In article 19120@cbnewsi.cb.att.com, ft@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (frederick.d.true) writes:
>>Is the source for Sun's version of passwd available somewhere, so that
>>I might add routines for password robustness?
>
>Solaris 2.x has a more robust passwd program.  The scheme it uses is
>to require at least 6 characters, at least 2 alpabetic characters,
>and at least one numeric or special character.  Furthermore it must
>be different than the login name or any reverse or circular shift of
>the login name.  Lastly, it must differ from the previous password
>by at least 3 characters.  For comparison, the alphabetic characters
>are considered case insensitive.
>
>If a user has no password, they must provide one the first time they
>login.
>
>Note that there is no dictionary check.  This might not be such a
>problem though since they require a numeric or special character.

If you have a C compiler, then you can install 'npasswd'. Not only does it have
a dictionary check, but you can configure its restrictions to suit the needs of
your system (things like minimum length of passwd, etc.)

-pmm

-- 
Paul M. Mickel			  	   Internet:mickel@oes.orst.edu
Sysadmin, Oregon Extension Service	   Corvallis, OR 97331
Database Programmer, Teledyne Wah Chang    Albany, OR 
Disclaimer: Neither employer has *ever* claimed any of my opinions.
From: tar@math.ksu.edu (Tim Ramsey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: List of SUN Bug fixes
Date: 12 Jan 1993 14:43:18 -0600
Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: hilbert.math.ksu.edu

neighorn@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Steven C. Neighorn) writes:

>Not to start a patch-list duel, but here is a more up-to-date list I try to
>maintain (by try, I mean that it is never up-to-date but I try anyway :-():

[ Yes, this has been said many times before ]

It would be nice if Sun would follow Solbourne's lead and provide
an anonymous FTP archive for their patches (all of them, not just
the security patches).

-- 
    Tim Ramsey, 913.532.6750  |  I'm a sysadmin and I'm okay;
    Department of Mathematics |  I work all night and I sleep all day.
    Kansas State University   |
From: rs@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Robert E. Seastrom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: SS ELC performance tuning question
Date: 10 Jan 93 22:15:52 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
NNTP-Posting-Host: rice-chex.ai.mit.edu


Hopefully some kind individual with more knowledge about SunOS
internals than I have will be able to help me with this...

I have a Sparcstation ELC, SunOS 4.1.1, 16mb of memory, 64mb swap space.

I run X11R5 (no Openwindows, thanks!), and performance is acceptable,
unless I walk away from the machine for a period of time.  When I get
back, especially if I have run something I/O intensive in the
meantime, I find that my X server and all my processes have been
paged out, and the disk whirs for several seconds paging them all back in.

Pstat reports only 12 megs of memory in use, so I don't think the
system should be paging at all.  Since I have access to SunOS source,
I dug around in the paging routines trying to see if there was some
braindamaged "try to keep this much memory free" parameter that I
could tune, but nada.

Any suggestions?  I could add more memory, but I'll only do so if it's
a sure cure, and besides, remembering the days of timeshared VAX
11/780s with 4mb of memory, it kind of galls me that 4x that isn't
enough for a personal machine on my desktop!

Thanks...

                                        ---Rob


Robert E. Seastrom  - rs@ai.mit.edu 
Open Systems:  The SunOS approach to network security.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: jdtsai@sun6.ice.ntnu.edu.tw (Tsai Jen-Daw)
Subject: printcap for HP LaserJet 4M
Organization: NTNU, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 12:11:02 GMT


   Is there anybody know how to setup the /etc/printcap for 
HP LaserJet 4M on SUN Workstation ?

   Thanks!

- jdtsai@cc.ntnu.edu.tw
- jdtsai@ice.ntnu.edu.tw

Xref: sparky comp.sys.sun.admin:9912 comp.unix.admin:6883
From: bostater@rsal.gatech.edu (Scott Bostater)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin
Subject: removing bootpd messages
Date: 4 Jan 93 20:16:29 GMT
Reply-To: Scott.Bostater@gtri.gatech.edu
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.admin
Organization: Georgia Tech Res. Inst., Radar Systems Applications Lab

I have a Sun Sparc 2 running Sun OS 4.1.2  that I need to have running
as a bootpd server for a *single* device.  Unfortunately, the
ethernet segment I'm on has a lot of devices that use bootpd that I
don't service.  My /usr/adm/messages file is getting flooded with
warnings that a hardware address was not found.  I've tried setting
the logging level to 0 (bootpd -d 0) but I still get the warning
messages. 

Is there some other way to disable the logging?  A good 90-95% of my
/usr/adm/messages file is taken up with these wasted lines. I guess I
could 'grep -v bootpd messages' but then I'd have to also filter out
the appropriate 'last line repeated n times' lines as well.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.



-- 
Scott Bostater      Georgia Tech Res. Inst., Radar Systems Applications Lab
"My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him"  -Ps 62.1
uucp:     ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!gtri!scott.bostater
Internet: Scott.Bostater@gtri.gatech.edu
From: mfraioli@grebyn.com (Marc Fraioli)
Subject: Re: List of SUN Bug fixes
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:42:09 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.165042.17543@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de> lott@bogner.informatik.uni-kl.de (Christopher Lott AGSE) writes:
>
>On the same subject, is it worth upgrading from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2?
>(Is this a FAQ?  Sorry if so.)  Is or will there ever be 4.1.3 for
>sparcs such as the IPX?  Or is our only recourse to jump to 5.0
>and Solaris (and a whole new set of bugs)?
>
We run 4.1.3 on an IPX and an IPC with no problems.  Installed from the
same CD that went onto our SPARC 2s.  SHouldn't be any issue there.

-- 
Marc Fraioli
mfraioli@grebyn.com	        	(So I'm a minimalist...)
From: swlodin@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Steve Lodin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Modem Dialin Problem
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:09:16 GMT
Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.
Originator: swlodin@kocrsw15


Sun Admins:

I'm really stumped and I need the help from you experts!

I have a Telebit TB+ on serial port B of a Sun 4/490 CPU running 4.1.2.  It
was working fine up until a month or so ago.  Dialout works fine, but dialin
starts getty wars whenever I enable getty on the device.   I can't determine 
anything that would have changed so I began by replacing hardware then worked 
my way to software.

1) Reset modem to defaults.  Reset modem to known working values.

2) Replaced the modem with a working Telebit 2500.

3) Replaced the CPU.

4) Replaced the cable.

5) Used a breakout box to look at the modem lines.  CD is low.

6) Checked ttytab, verified status = on and remote.
	Following previous article on the topic didn't solve anything.

7) Re-made the dialout device /dev/ttyd1.


The status of the CD line is what determines whether getty is blocking or
running, correct?  If CD is low, getty should block.  When CD goes high
(asserted), then getty should present the login prompt.  (I do have the
logic correct don't I, getty high is asserted.)

At this point, I'll take any and all hints or suggestions.  I need to get
incoming UUCP back up and running again.


Please email and I will summarize.


Steve
-- 
Steve Lodin	Internet: swlodin@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com  UUCP: deaes!swlodin


"VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win, you can use UNIX"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.apps
From: wolf@merlin.mt.att.com (Thomas Wolf)
Subject: Problems building gcc2.3.3 on Solaris 2.1
Reply-To: wolf@merlin.mt.att.com
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:47:04 GMT

Has anyone successfully built gcc2.3.3 on Solaris 2.1?  When trying to build it
using Cygnus' gcc (off Sun's CDWARE disk), I get an error message from the linker
about not being able to open "crt1.o".  This happens during the linking of
the "enquire" target.  I just know I'm missing something obvious; can anyone
enlighten me?  I followed the two steps mentioned in the INSTALL:
1) configure --target=sparc-sun-sysv4
2) make LANGUAGES=c
(I wrote these two steps from memory, so don't hold me to the exact syntax...I
followed the INSTALL instructions to the 't'.)

Any help would be much appreciated,
Tom

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+----------------------------------------+ ..I've been told my signature lacked
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| Bell Labs, NJ | wolf@merlin.mt.att.com | I'm a conservationist - and 
| MT 4D-213     | wolf@jolt.att.com      | originality, in my case,  is a
+----------------------------------------+ an extremely limited resource...
From: panissec@nms.otca.oz.au (Colin Panisset)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: mount CD-ROM as pcfs?
Date: 12 Jan 93 02:20:38 GMT

pat@gsfc.nasa.gov (patrick m. ryan) writes:

}Is it possible to mount a DOS format CD-ROM using a Sun CD player?
..
}a floppy in /dev/fd0.  I tried "mount -o pcfs,ro /dev/sr0 /pcfs"

Try:
  mount -rt pcfs /dev/sr0 /pcfs.

-r says "read only", -t defines the filesystem type. For a CD-ROM, you might
also try hsfs instead of pcfs - if it's in High Sierra format (ISO 9960)

--

  -Colin Panisset *:^)                         | "CTBCPP (Clay Tablet By 
         {panissec|colinp}@nms.otca.oz.au      |  Carrier Pigeon Protocol),
                                     So There. |  defined in RFC-39127"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: ema@netcom.com (Energy Management Assoc)
Subject: Script to turn /etc/hosts into DNS hosts file?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:35:34 GMT

Anyone know where I could find a script or something that would
change a regular hosts file into a DNS hosts file?

James Morse
Energy Management Associates
Reply to:

jem@aix3.ema.com
From: eddy@aludra.usc.edu (George Edmond Eddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: rdist
Date: 12 Jan 1993 15:18:01 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

rouilj@dl5000.bc.edu (John P. Rouillard) writes:

>In article <1993Jan1.054412.19893@siemens.com> aad@siemens.com
>(Anthony Datri) writes: 

>   >security holes fixed (and does not run setuid)..

>   From the Makefile:

>   install -c -o root -g bin -m 4751 rdist /usr/ucb/rdist

>I believe what was meant is that the client side code (rdistd) does
>not run suid. If you think about it for half a second, it is obvios
>that the server side code must run suid if anybody besides root is to
>use it.

rdistd is the daemon, rdist is the client...  Literally from the 
Makefile:

	${INSTALL} -c -o root -g bin -m 4751 ${CLIENT} ${BIN}/${CLIENT}
	${INSTALL} -c -o root -g bin -m 755 ${SERVER} ${BIN}/${SERVER}

the client does run setuid, the daemon does not.  I guess i thought
about it too long, it's not obvious to me ;-)

>-- John

--

- rusty

eddy@usc.edu
rusty@rockwell.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: jwh@uncc.edu (jerry holt)
Subject: Re: Reset 8mm SCSI device
Reply-To: jwh@uncc.edu
Organization: University of NC at Charlotte
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:39:51 GMT

In article LsF@inews.Intel.COM, matt@sugaree.intel.com (Matt Ammann - DA) writes:
>Howdy,
>
>I've got this problem, I killed a rdump, resulting in the device for the
>8mm tape on my server being left open.  I need to know how to close or
>reset it, preferably without rebooting the machine.  Any advice?
>
>The particulars are
>
>2.3G Exabyte tape
>SunOS 4.1.2
>690mp
>Backup Copilot dump
>
>Thanks,
>
>Matt
>matt@sugaree.intel.com
>
>-- 
>##############################################################################
>Matt Ammann
>matt@sugaree.intel.com


Try the following:

   1. ps -aux | grep rmt | grep -v grep    (To get the pid)
   2. kill -9 <pid>

Jerry Holt
jwh@uncc.edu
From: ken@Bridge.COM (Ken Hardy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Dual boot Solaris/SunOS 4.1
Date: 4 Jan 93 15:50:08 GMT
Organization: Planet Earth

My intention is to install Solaris on a partition of my SunOS 4.1.1
system in order to be able to boot Solaris when I want it, but to
boot 4.1.1 by default.

1)  Are there any problems with this?

  1a) Can Solaris mount and read my 4.x filesystems?  Can 4.x read Solaris
      filesystems?

2)  How much disk space do I need to install Solaris?  I've a new drive
    which I intend to install and format _real_ soon, though I don't
    have Solaris yet.  I'd prefer to partition it only once, so how much
    do I reserve for Solaris?
From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Any reason why sun4m architecture would need a different rpc.mountd?
Date: 9 Jan 93 19:35:28 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>- Are there *really* two different versions for 4.1.2, or is this just a
>mistake on the part of those who generated the patch?

I cannot see any reason why it would be anything other than a mistake;
the code change for that patch is quite small and contains no
architecture-dependent #ifdefs, and the mount daemon itself doesn't do
anything kernel-architecture-dependent.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.questions
From: efroyman@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Ella Froyman)
Subject: KERMIT
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: sun
Organization: Northeastern University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:57:19 GMT


Hi netters;


I am looking for KERMIT program that can run on SunSparc 2 4.1.2.
Can you tell me where i can find it?
Thanks
Ella

Xref: sparky comp.sys.sun.admin:9944 comp.sys.hp:14509
From: richard@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Richard Congdon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: X-ing from HP to SUN
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:24:55 GMT
Organization: Brandeis University

In article <1993Jan2.151039.558@cho006.cho.ge.com> carl_r@cho006.cho.ge.com (Computer Systems & Tools) writes:
>
>    we recently added about 50 hp 715 workstations (running hpux 9.0) to
>    our network of suns (running 4.1.2...in some cases running 4.1.3).
>
>    my problem is x-ing from the HPs to the Suns...using the command:
>    <xtool> -display sunnode:0.0
>
>    it takes an incredible amount of time (say 10 to 15 minutes) to get the
>    display up on a sun station.
>

I have noticed things like this happening if DNS is not working properly.
Can the HP's resolve "sunnode"?

-- 
		Richard Congdon
		Brandeis University Computer Science
		617/736-2717
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: yasu@ll.mit.edu (Alan Yasutovich)
Subject: Sun 10's and their SCSI bus.
Keywords: wimpy SCSI
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 19:15:13 GMT



	We just got a SUN 10 and it seems that whatever order
	we put our SCSI devices in, we can put approximately
	3-4 devices on.  After that, we get SCSI errors.


	We have concluded that the SCSI bus is wimpy.  That it
	either cannot handle the disks, or it is electrically
	wimpy.

	Has anyone had any of these SCSI problems?



-- 
	Alan Yasutovich
	"inquiring  (and nosey) minds WANT TO KNOW!!!"
	I can remember when "safe sex" meant having a padded headboard!!
	Tick Tock.....Tick Tock......Tick Tock .....Tick Tock......
Xref: sparky comp.sys.sun.admin:10015 comp.unix.admin:6933
From: brenner@ucunix.san.uc.edu (David L. Brenner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Sun SHIELD question...
Keywords: sun security unix
Date: 6 Jan 93 23:38:31 GMT
Reply-To: dbrenner@cbis.com
Followup-To: dbrenner@cbis.com
Organization: University of Cincinnati

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has been using the Sun SHIELD product.  We
were loking into it, but in the specifications it says that it will only
run under SunOS 4.1.1 on either a sun4 or sun4c machine.

The problem is I would like to run it on a sun4m machine running SunOS
4.1.3.

Has anyone been able to run the product on a 4.1.3 machine, or a sun4m
machine?

Please reply via maill to dbrenner@cbis.com, and I will summarize.

Any comments would be greatly appriciated.  Thanks in advance.

David Brenner
-- 
David L. Brenner                         brenner@ucunix.san.uc.edu
"Sorry, guys -- breaking into computers and writing a stupid virus
 doesn't make you a hacker.  It's not that easy."
  -- Robert Stevenson, Computerworld
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: dhiltz@whadm2.whoi.edu (David Hiltz)
Subject: How do I apply a software patch?
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.admin
Organization: NOAA-NMFS
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 01:31:02 GMT

   I wanted to apply a software patch to a program, but I don't know how.
   The head of the patch file looks like this...

   diff -c orig/README new/README
   *** orig/README	Sun Jul 29 18:00:49 1990
   --- new/README	Fri Aug 24 02:00:34 1990
   ***************
   *** 4,27 **** 

   This looks like the output from the second form of the diff command, but
   I don't know how to use it.

   Much thanks in advance.

   David Hiltz
   dhiltz@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu
   ###&@&###
From: peter@serdlm34.essex.ac.uk (Peter Allott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: How do you erase a mag tape?
Date: 11 Jan 93 09:38:17 GMT
Reply-To: peter@essex.ac.uk (Peter Allott)
Organization: University of Essex, Colchester, UK

>In article 1ikbuhINNka5@au-ns.american.edu, kevin@american.edu (Kevin Cruz) writes:
>
>One quick question: What, if any, is the command to erase a magnetic tape?  Is  
>that possible, or will I have to use a large magnet to erase it? 

>In article <C0JyMG.Got@unccsun.uncc.edu> jwh@uncc.edu writes:
>
>The following will do it:
>
>	mt -f <device> erase

Do check the documentation and/or the hardware. I have a feeling some drives
may not support this operation.
From: hanson@pogo.fnal.gov (Steve Hanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: List of SUN Bug fixes
Date: 10 Jan 93 18:59:37 GMT
Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL
Reply-To: hanson@pogo.fnal.gov
NNTP-Posting-Host: pogo.fnal.gov

In <C0MMqu.G5E@quadsys.com> roland@quadsys.com (Roland Besserer) writes:

>More often than not, when someone posts a problem report there is usually
>an answer of the type "SUN has a bug fix # XXXXXXX-XXX for that"

>How can I find out about available patches/bug fixes released by SUN and
>what problems they apply to?

>I'd like to keep on top of it.

>-- 

>Roland Besserer
>QUAD Systems
>roland@quadsys.com	
Sun has a bulletin board system for this that is accessible by
customers on maintenance.  If you don't have info on this and are
under software maintenance, you should complain.  Also, there is
a CDROM of information like this also available to those on
maintenance called SunSolve.  Unfortunately since it's a cdrom
it is always out of date, so the online system is probably
better.  

If you're not on software maintenance, you really aren't legally
entitled to the patches, and Sun won't give them to you (except for
some security-related patches).

Otherwise, the discussions in these news groups are a good way
to try to keep up.
-- 
Steve Hanson - FERMILAB, Batavia, Il.
hanson@pogo.fnal.gov or hanson@fnal.fnal.gov
From: msieweke@hayes.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: SLC serial ports lock up running tip
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:09:25 EDT
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA

I have a few users here who use their serial ports on their SLC's.  They
create a shelltool window and run tip in it.  If they receive a large 
amount of garbage characters on a port, the window will lock up.  At 
this point they must "quit" the window to get rid of it.  

The next time they try to use tip on the port, tip complains "link down".
There is no lock file in /var/spool/locks, which is where the manual
says to look.  They must reboot their workstations to reset the port.

Has anyone else had their serial ports lock up in tip?  Is there any
way to reset the port without rebooting?  This is in SunOS 4.1.
Is this a know problem and is it fixed in a later release?
-- 
Mike Sieweke                            ...!uunet!hayes!msieweke
Hayes Microcomputer Products            msieweke@hayes.com
Norcross, Georgia                       hayes!msieweke@relay1.uu.net