HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tucker@bedford.progress.COM (Kyle Tucker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Deconfiguring Password Aging
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:49:16 GMT
Reply-To: tucker@bedford.progress.COM
Organization: Progress Software Corp.

Hi,
	Our last Sys Admin put password aging on out PTX 1.3 system. We want to back it out. I also want to rid the system of the /etc/shadow file usage
if this was a SysAdmin option. Is there a way to do this short of cutting
and pasting all the password fields from the shadow file to the passwd file?
And if /etc/shadow is mandatory now, what number do I change to make 
password expiration never occur?

Thanks in advance.
Kyle
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From: sivbl@win4.vut.EDU.AU (Brett L Sivies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: /etc/dump (backup) errors
Date: 15 Sep 92 05:38:32 GMT
Organization: Victoria University Of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Hi,

pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory) writes:

>we use /etc/dump - the filesystem dump program here.  two years ago i
>wrote a shell-script wrapper for it so the operators could just answer
>questions.  that works fine, if i tell dump to write directly to output 
>device.  if i tell dump to write to stdout (an allowable feature 
>according to the man page), it writes several error messages to the 
>screen at the end of the dump that say "DUMP: Failure to acquire 
>semaphore", "DUMP: Failure to release semaphore" and "DUMP: Possibly 
>corrupted archive" (i'm not sure about the exact text of the last one).

1. Yes the problem has arrisen for myself, and with the help of sequent I
was able to fix the problem straight away... Is the Tape drive you are
using an Exabyte or standard .25 cartridge?
My problem centred around an exebyte drive on a S27.
We had to make sure the tape drive was getting all the right parameters
before it would work correctly...

/etc/dump 0sbdfu 15070 8 500000 /dev/rmt/<tape> /dev/dsk/<disk>

This is running under PTX 1.3.0 and it works fine dumping to an exabyte
drive.

Hope this helps..

bye

--
Brett Sivies			e-mail: brett@win4.vut.edu.au (IRC: Supreme)
Systems Programmer		Phone:  61 03 365 2112
Victoria University of Tech.	Fax:    61 03 366 8285
St. Albans			Post:   P.O Box 11428, Melbourne Mail Centre,
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
From: eric@ms.uky.edu (Eric H. Herrin II)
Subject: Fuji Eagle 2351 on Sequent Symmetry S81 mbus controller
Keywords: mbus disk controller on Sequent
Summary: questions
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:03:39 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

We have recently acquired 4 Fuji Eagle 2351 and would like to connect them
to our Sequent Symmetry S81.   We would like to talk to anyone that has
some of these beasties connected up to their mbad.  Specifically, we would
like to know the jumper settings and or any driver configuration problems
that you might have encountered during installation.

Thanks in advance,

Eric


-- 
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|  	Eric H. Herrin II - {rutgers,uunet}!ukma!eric, eric@ms.uky.edu	     |
|			  University of Kentucky			     |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent,comp.windows.x
From: brians@atlastele.com (Brian Sheets)
Subject: Trouble with fonts
Organization: Atlas Telecom Inc.
Disclaimer: Views expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 10:06:22 GMT

I am having a problem loading any fonts here is the error:

Warning: Unable to load any useable ISO8859-1 font
X Error of failed request:  BadFont (invalid Font parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  55 (X_CreateGC)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x1800018
  Serial number of failed request:  43
  Current serial number in output stream:  55

Here is the output from xset q:

Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000000
  auto repeating keys:  ffffffffffffffff
                        ffffffffffffffff
                        ffffffffffffffff
                        ffffffffffffffff
  bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  600    cycle:  300
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x21    BlackPixel:  1    WhitePixel:  0
Font Path:
  /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/romfont/

and xlsfonts returns a whole *hitload of fonts, so I am stumped. 

I am running X11R4 on a Sequent S3 and an NCR Towerview, with and X11R4 
server.  Can anyone help??



-- 
Brian Sheets				"TRUCK?! What truck?"
153 N. Hayden Bay Dr.			 
Portland, Or 97217			   -Raiders of the Lost Ark
From: swynne@cie.uoregon.edu.uoregon.edu (Stephen Wynne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: MH on ptx? xmh?
Summary: Looking for MH mail on Sequent's DYNIX/ptx.
Keywords: MH, Mail, DYNIX/ptx, Sequent
Date: 7 Sep 92 07:28:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: nntp.1992Sep7.072823.16742
Organization: University of Oregon Network Services
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

I'm working on getting MH 6.7.2 working on our DYNIX/ptx machine.
Is there anyone out there who's already got it up? I'd like to exchange
notes. How about xmh?

Thanks,

STEVE WYNNE
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
From: pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory)
Subject: /etc/dump (backup) errors
Organization: World Vision U.S.
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 21:54:25 GMT

Hi - PTX 1.1.1 on Unisys 6000/80 (Sequent S81) here...

we use /etc/dump - the filesystem dump program here.  two years ago i
wrote a shell-script wrapper for it so the operators could just answer
questions.  that works fine, if i tell dump to write directly to output 
device.  if i tell dump to write to stdout (an allowable feature 
according to the man page), it writes several error messages to the 
screen at the end of the dump that say "DUMP: Failure to acquire 
semaphore", "DUMP: Failure to release semaphore" and "DUMP: Possibly 
corrupted archive" (i'm not sure about the exact text of the last one).

questions:

1. has anyone seen this before?
2. is it fixed in PTX 1.3.1?
3. am i doing something wrong?

thanks.....
-- 

Pete Gregory       |  Internet: pete@wvus.org
UNIX SA            |  Bangpath: ames!elroy!wvus!pete
World Vision U.S.  |  Slowpath: 919 W. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, CA 91016
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From: quandt@mcs213c.cs.umr.edu (Brian Quandt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent,comp.windows.x
Subject: MOTIF and how it relates to X question.
Date: 12 Sep 92 18:46:44 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla

Here's my question:

	I have a unix variant that comes with X11R4 and motif.  I want to
upgrade to X11R5 but the unix variant does not have X11R5 yet, so
I was just going to compile X11R5 myself.  Do I need to also recompile the
motif stuff?
From: barry@chezmoto.ai.mit.edu (Barry Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Need DECMOUSE.DRV for Windows 1.01 on VAXmate
Date: 12 Sep 92 22:37:08 GMT
Followup-To: comp.windows.ms
Distribution: comp
Organization: MicroMuse

I am doing some volunteer work for a local school, helping them
get the most out of their computer resources.  

I gave them an old copy of MS Windows (Version 1.01) to run on a
VAXmate.  This machine has a 3-buttion DECmouse, with native mouse
drivers (DECMOUSE.SYS and DECMOUSE.COM).  Windows does not recognize
or honor this mouse driver.  Can anyone help me out with a Windows
compatible mouse driver for use with the 3-button DECmouse on the
VAXmate under DOS 3.1?  Many thanks.

Barry Kort
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From: barry@chezmoto.ai.mit.edu (Barry Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Aquinas College Opens DEC-based Computer Lab
Date: 12 Sep 92 22:24:17 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.dec.micro
Distribution: comp
Organization: MicroMuse

I am pleased to report that Aquinas College of Newton, MA, has opened
its new Computers in Telecommunications Lab, assembled from entirely
from equipment and software donated by DEC and other supporters.

The Lab includes a uVAX II/GPX running DECnet-Ultrix 4.2, 20 VAXmates
running DOS 3.1 with DECnet, 12 PROs running P/OS 3.2 with DECnet, and
4 PROs running VENIX.  Thinwire Ethernet interconnects the VAXmates and
4 of the PROs to the uVAX.

I would like to express my appreciation to the many experts on this
NewsGroup who helped out with hardware, software, and technical
advice during the construction of this Lab.

The Lab represents a computing resource worth about $50,000 had
it been purchased new about 5 years ago.  The total out-of-pocket
expense to Aquinas College came to $38.

The Lab will be used to introduce incoming Aquinas students to
computer fundamentals, preparing them to go on to careers in
business where familiarity with computers and computer networking
is an essential skill.

Barry Kort
Visiting Scientist
Educational Technology Research
BBN Labs
Cambridge, MA
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From: pavlov@niktow.canisius.edu (Greg Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms,comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Digital News and Review's irresponsible attitude
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:41:31 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms,comp.unix.ultrix
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo NY. 14208

In article <6156@npri6.npri.com>, richard@npri6.npri.com (Richard Head) writes:
> 
> DR's "reviews" (and I use the word loosely), are essentially an advertisement.
  
  Advertisement for ?????  

> >So?  Is it any worse a comparison point than the VAX-11/780?
> 
> "Worse"?  The point is, you academic flunky, that MicroVUPs are MACHINE
> SPECIFIC.  SPECmarks are machine and platform independent.  If you think
> MicroVUPs are so great, why not have MicroVAX3100VUPS?  How about
> VAXstationVUPs?  
> 
  How is a SPECmark "machine and platform independent" while MVUPS is "MACHINE 
  SPECIFIC" ?   How is it different from a MVUP, other than that the
  index for the former is an 11/780 and the index for the latter is a
  uVAX II ?  Because "VAX11/780" doesn't appear in the name ???

  What is an "academic flunky" ?  I haven't spent much time in a university
  in some years, so I am not sure what that term is supposed to mean.  Some-
  one less intelligent, discerning, and analytical than .... ?


  greg pavlov,
  pavlov@fstrf.org


  "Note that Digital Review gives relative performance using the Micro Vax II
   as a basis for comparison (MVUPS).  For consistency with the rest of this
   document, we use the VAX 11/780, which significantly affects the ratios.
    ........
   We applaud DR for several reasons.  First, they try to offer some useful 
   benchmarks in place of empty mips-ratings, which is more than most magaz-
   ines do.  Second, they are willing to listen to input and improve the
   usefulness of their benchmarks."

                              - "Performance Brief CPU Benchmarks",
                                                         John Mashey, Editor

   P.S.:

   Our own experience is this: over the past 7 years, we have run three
   major series of benchmarks based on our own applications prior to (for
   us) substantial hardware purchases.  We found that, for our applications
   at least, the DR benchmark results always correlated closely with ours,
   in terms of relative performance of the systems we were comparing.  All
   the systems we tested were UNIX-based.
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From: gezelter@rlgsc.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.apollo,comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.ibm
Subject: New Publication on the "HowTos of Purchasing Computers, etc."
Date: 8 Sep 92 02:21:06 GMT
Organization: Robert Gezelter Software Consultant, Flushing, NY

I received the following press release the other day concerning a 
new publication concerning purchasing/selling computer equipment 
for end-users and dealers, and thought that it might be of 
interest.

- Bob
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Robert "Bob" Gezelter                       E-Mail:  gezelter@rlgsc.com  |
| Robert Gezelter Software Consultant         Voice:   +1 718 463 1079     |
| 35-20 167th Street, Suite 215               Fax:       (on Request)      |
| Flushing, New York  11358-1731                                           |
| United States of America                                                 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

-------------------------Begin Press Release-------------------------

                    ***NEWS RELEASE***

For More Information:

Nancy Fling
(617) 340 - 0262

     Frede-Fling Launches Monthly Computer Newspaper 
      Providing Enduser with How Tos for Purchasing

September 5, 1992: Frede-Fling announces the October launch of 
"Computer Purchasing Up[date", a monthly newspaper offering 
comprehensive how-tos on buying, selling, trading, leasing, and 
maintaining new and used equipment.

Computer Purchasing Update will be mailed to over 50,000 
end-users responsible for purchasing Digital Equipment 
Corporation, IBM, Hewlett Packard Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., 
Apple Computer Corp., Data General Inc., and Wang computers and 
compatible hardware.

"The End-user needs answers to his or her buying or selling 
questions. Computer Purchasing Update answers those questions", 
said Nancy Fling, Computer Purchasing Update's publisher.

"Computer Purchasing Update" offers the end-user a quick read on 
information necessary for his/her purchasing of all equipment and 
services on a daily basis. This niche is not being served by any 
of the major publications. Ms. Fling has extensive publishing background 
in the publications serving the hi-tech industry.

"Computer Purcasing Update" is now conducting its first annual 
survey of 250 user sites nationwide to determine hardware buying 
patterns. The results of the survey will be available to 
end-users and advertisers in late September. Special sections in 
the newspaper will be devoted to specific solutions by VARs, 
VADs, and end-user questions and answers.

If you are interested in receiving "Computer Purchasing Update", 
please write:

                Computer Purchasing Update
                   Post Office Box 247
            South Weymouth, Massachusetts  02190
                    (617) 340 - 0262
                  FAX: (617) 340 - 0227

-------------------------End Press Release-------------------------
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From: trant@shire.corp.sgi.com (Ken Trant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: 8mm Tape Problem
Date: 10 Sep 92 23:58:33 GMT
Reply-To: trant@sgi.com
Distribution: na
Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc. Data Center Operations

Look at the device being written to. It could be that the machine
has /dev/tape pointing to a no-swap device. Sun doesn't do byte
swapping but other systems do (SGI for one). So try using the
specific device instead of /dev/tape.

 
-- 
 -----
 Ken Trant <trant@sgi.com>     / Second Star to the right
 Senior Systems Administrator / And straight on till
 Information Services,       / Morning
 Silicon Graphics, Inc      / Peter Pan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.hp,comp.unix.questions,alt.sys.sun,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
From: houten@prso.pttnwb.nl (K. van Houten)
Subject: Re: net.views -- which vendor is the most open?
Organization: PTT Telecom b.v. The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:44:09 GMT

vulture@carrion.cc.ic.ac.uk (Thomas Sippel - Dau) writes:
|> wagner@utoday.com (Mitch Wagner) writes:
|>  -- 
|>  --        Which computer and/or operating-vendor has the greatest
|>  --        commitment to open systems? Which has the least? Why?
|>  -- 
|> Clearly, IBM. it is still the greatest computer vendor by a factor
|> of five or so, and it tells us it is totally commited to open systems.

I'm missing a lot of smilies, or are you serious???!!

(By the way, we where talking about the greates commitment, not the 
greatest company with some commitment).

-- 
Karel van Houten, 		DOMAIN:	houten@pttnwb.nl
PTT Telecom b.v.		UUCP:	uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!pttdis!houten
's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands	VOICE:	+31 70 3434947
From: na0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Nenad Antonic)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Max speed of DECstation 3100 serial port
Date: 12 Sep 92 17:07:25 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


	I would like to connect a modem to DECstation 3100.
Before I spend $$ on V.32bis/V.42bis, I would like to know whether
it's of any use, or a plain 9600 modem would do just the same.

	Thanks

		Nenad.

BTW, where can I get FAQ for comp.sys.dec? I wasn't able to find
it on gatekeeper.dec.com when I last looked there.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: jag@decvax.DEC.COM (John A. Gallant UEG)
Subject: Re: DECstation SCSI buses
Reply-To: jag@zk3.dec.com
Organization: OSF Engineering, Digital Equipment Corp.
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 14:01:08 GMT

In article <ROBM.92Sep4154132@ataraxia.Berkeley.EDU>, robm@ataraxia.Berkeley.EDU (Rob McNicholas) writes:
>I have a DECstation 5000/125 with one on-board SCSI bus (of course)
>and one TurboChannel SCSI bus (PMAZ-AA).  I've heard a rumor that the
>on-board bus uses DMA, but the TC one doesn't.  Is this true?

    The 5000/125 does have a limited DMA capability.  The DMAs are limited
to a "PAGE" at a time and also have a 8/4 byte boundry requirement.
The CPU is required to service the DMA engine, however it does not have
to be involved with every byte transfer as in the PMAZ-AA.

>If this is true, how do people recommend I configure my devices?  I
>have 3 RZ57s (pretty heavy use during the day), .....................

    The old adage of spliting heavy spindle use across busses is still
valid.  Of the 3 '57s put one on the TurboChannel SCSI bus and the other
two on the mother board SCSI.

>.............................................., one RRD42 (hardly ever
>used), 3 8mm EXB-8200s (one is used heavily at night for backups, the
>others used for occasionally making tape copies, and to serve as
>spares in an emergency), .........................................

    When running at night, load - is not all that important, I would
still work on "splitting the spindles" and place the heavy backup one
on the TurboChannel SCSI bus with the one '57.

>......................., and one TZK50 (only used when DEC ships us
>something on TK50).  Should I put all the tapes on the non-DMA bus?  I
>remember that back when I had a 3100 (no DMA), any tape I/O would
>bring the system to its knees, so I'm not sure if this is the right
>thing to do.

    I would not put the '50 on your "system" bus.  The system bus is
the SCSI bus that contains your system disk and the most used user disk.
The other tapes I would also keep off the system bus, but with the low
load on them it is not that important.

-- 
John A. Gallant                                jag@zk3.dec.com
Software Engineer - OSF Engineering Group
Digital Equipment Corp. (603) 881-2472

        In the common people there is no wisdom, no penetration, no
        power of judgment.
    Marcus Cicero
From: george@tusk.med.harvard.edu (George Planansky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: re: Non-Interactive dump for RISC Ultrix 4.2 [it is]
Date: 14 Sep 92 06:35:06 GMT
Organization: Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

The Ultrix 4.2 dump paramater "B", it turns out, refers
to the capacity in 1024 byte blocks of the dump tape.  Seems
redundant to me.

This is NOT to be confused with the Sun's SunOS and SGI's IRIX dumps' 
"b" parameter, which refers to a blocking factor.  (Why doesn't the
Ultrix dump have this?)

And why does the Ultrix dump ask me to mount a disk, when it computes
that it has run out of tape?  

The following (from Mountain Computer's exabyte manual) seems to work:

   dump 0usdBf 346 4137733 2097152 /dev/nrmt1h /usr
--
George Planansky
Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard University Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115
email: gplanansky@tusk.med.harvard.edu
phone: (617) 432-3919
fax:   (617) 432-4360
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.dec
From: root@wsm.com (System Manager)
Subject: Ultrix 4.2: Getting DAT to rewind/eject when full at EOT
Organization: Western Scientific
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:27:40 GMT

Hello DECLand,

	I have a question. I am having a problem with Ultrix 4.2 using a 4mm
DAT drive and a sequential tape stacker. The stacker runs fine in that anytime
I send a `mt -f /dev/rmt2h rewoffl' to the DAT it rewinds and ejects the tape
and the stacker puts the tape in the cassette pack and sequences to the next 
cassttte, loads it and the drive comes ready online.

	When I do a dump 0uf /dev/rmt2h /anyfilesystem where the total data
exceeds the capacity one data tape all that happens is a OPCOM message. Does
anyone out there in DECLand know of a parameter when using dump that will 
rewind and unload the tape like with a 9Track drive (TLZ07, TU81 etc..)?

	Also we are going to be using DEC's NSR (Legato Networker repackaged
by DEC) does anyone have experience knowing if NSR will accomplish the above
where a BACKUP exceeds tape capacity and spans multiple volumes?


Many Thanks in advance...

Jeff
jeff@wsm.com

P.S. Please respond via Email if possible

Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
From: cja@chmist.zso.dec.com (Carl J. Appellof)
Subject: Re: WNT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:13:21 GMT

In article <1992Sep12.224054.1099@mwk.uucp> gleason@mwk.uucp writes:

>     Speaking of WNT, I only need to know one thing about to tell if it is
>   worth my time...did Cutler include a QIO system call, and if he did, is
>  it in a near identical format to every other DEC system he was involved in?

Don't know if he included a QIO call, but I heard he eliminated event
flags.  Instead, you must allocate a "notification object" if you want
the same kind of service.  VMS devos claim "he learned from his
mistakes" on that one.

-- 
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| Carl J. Appellof		|	cja@chmist.zso.dec.com	|
| Open Systems Group            |                               |
| Digital Equipment Corporation	|	This space for rent	|
From: 6241weaverd@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Requeueing jobs in VMS
Date: 15 Sep 1992 20:17:52 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 6241weaverd@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsd.csd.mu.edu

Is there a way for VMS operators to requeue jobs that need to be canceled to
perform maintenance. Coming from an IBM installation I know that this is
possible under MVS, but I am not sure about VMS. Cuurently we stop long queues
about 12 hours before maintenance to ensure that all jobs running will finish
before disks are taken offline.


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