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From: weis@netmbx.netmbx.de (Dietmar Weis)
Subject: SUMMARY: How to specify file attributes for DECnet copy
Organization: netmbx, Berlin, Germany
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:38:46 GMT

Thanks to everyone who replied.

I was pointed to the following things:

1. To get Ultrix file names you have to explicitly name the target file
in the COPY command on the VMS node:
$ copy foo.bar ultrix_node"account password"::"foo.bar"
If the name changes or you don't know it, you have to build it on the fly,
parsing the parameterlist or sys$input or whatever.

2. To change the umask of files created by fal on Ultrix, you have to
change the fal object in the decnet object data base:
# ncp def object fal file /etc/fal_params
for example. The file /etc/fal_params then sets the umask and other things
and finally execs /usr/etc/fal:

setenv fal_umask 73 
exec /usr/etc/fal

the umask has to be specified *decimal*. This is described in the DECnet
for Ultrix Release Notes.

Dietmar
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.admin
From: sybertz@brsux0.bro.dec.com (Sybertz Marc)
Subject: Re: Backup procedure sought
Keywords: Ultrix 4.3 backup dump tape date
Reply-To: sybertz@ketje.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Brussels
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 13:30:15 GMT


For your info, you may be interested to know that DECnsr (Network Save and
Restore) is available from DEC and allows you to make backup and restore
in a distributyed heteregeneous environment (Ultrix, OSF/1, SunOS, HP-UX, 
AIX, ... and DOS).

Regards,
Marc Sybertz.

+------------------------------------------+
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| Dept : EIS - Unix Service Center         |
| Func : Unix System Management Specialist |
| Mail : sybertz@ketje.enet.dec.com        |
| Loc  : DIGITAL - BRO (Brussels, Belgium) |
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: funny boot messages
From: V.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz (Victoria Spagnolo)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 21:53:17 GMT
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2c

hello,

please explain the following msgs i sometimes get on booting a decstation
3100 running ultrix 4.2

		-: /install.tmp/eli: not found
		-: /tmp/log: not found
thanks,
vicki

Victoria Spagnolo - Programmer/Analyst
Department of Production Technology	|	V.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz
Massey University			|	Voice: +64-6-356-9099 x7535
Palmerston North			|	Fax: +64-6-350-5604
New Zealand				|	New Zealand = GMT+12
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
From: hurme@micro2.pb.com (John Hurme)
Subject: Exabyte 10i 8mm Stacker
Organization: Pitney Bowes
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:59:06 GMT


We are evaluating the Exabyte 10i 8mm stacker.  The stacker has a
random access capability which is controlled by sending SCSI commands
to the SCSI ID of the robotic arm.  Does anyone have a program that
will send SCSI sequences within a program to this device.

We are currently using the stacker sequentially and controlling with
the mt offline command to move to the next tape.  We would like to 
take advantage of the Random Access Capabilities...

Thanks.

Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
From: flint@cs.curtin.edu.au (Daniel Baldoni)
Subject: SUMMARY: NFS exporting hassles
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:08:26 GMT

G'day folks.  Recently, I posted the following query:

>We've got a lab full of DECstation 5000's running Ultrix 4.2A (which we
>can't upgrade as they have software loaded which is incompatible with
>later versions of the OS).
>
>What I'm trying to do is export several file systems to lots of machines
>but grant root access to only a select group.  The exports file doesn't
>seem to allow this, although I've tried everything which seems to make
>sense (and even a couple of things which don't).
>
>So, can anybody help me out on this one?  I'd greatly appreciate any
>suggestions.

So far, I've only had responses from Kevin Long (who provided general advice
on NFS exports/mounting) and Mike Iglesias who basically said "it can't be
done".  Thanks guys.

As I've had no comments to the contrary, I must admit defeat (although I'm
not happy about it).  Considering the functionality provided by every other
version of UNIX I've seen (including SunOS, IRIX, AIX, HP-UX, BSD4.[23]),
this is a ridiculous limitation.  Just as a point of interest, has DEC fixed
this in later releases of the OS?  It won't help me as we're still bound to
4.2A by other software we're running but I'd be interested to find out.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
From: mike@maria.wustl.edu
Subject:  Wanted:  Good printcap entry for an HP Laserjet IV
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 20:19:47 CST
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X-To: comp.unix.ultrix.usenet


Simple enough request, I hope.  I'd like a non-PostScript HP LJ4
local printcap entry, if anyone has one.
Xref: sparky comp.unix.ultrix:9240 comp.periphs.printers:3866 fj.comp.printers:382
From: jonas@beor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Josef Nelissen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.periphs.printers,fj.comp.printers
Subject: printcap entry for Nec P5 XL
Date: 11 Jan 93 14:11:23 GMT
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik - RWTH Aachen
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: beor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Keywords: printcap, Nec, P5, printer

Hi netters,
I have soon to install a Nec P5 XL as printer for a Dec 5000/240
(Ultrix 4.3) DecServer250 combination on the parallel interface. 

Because I am only used to HP workstations, I have no exact idea what
to put in the /etc/printcap entry, especially in the filter fields
(the 240 only provides entrys for Dec printers in
/usr/lib/lpdfilters). I looked up the sample printcap entries at
gatekeeper.dec.com, as proposed in the ultrix-FAQ, but there are only
two entries, both regarding HP LaserJets.
 
Could anybody out there share his printcap entry or any other
experiences he has made with this combination?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Many Thanks in advance, Josef
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RWTH-Aachen, Ahornstr. 55, W-5100 Aachen, Germany, Tel. +49 241/80-21060,
FAX +49 241/80-21079, e-mail jonas@beor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
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From: jcu@dec5.ulb.ac.be (Jean-Christophe Ury)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: test mono/color
Date: 6 Jan 93 08:35:31 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Free University Brussels  - Belgium -  Department of Molecular Biology


There is no stupids questions (I hope) there is just stupids answers.

I use ULTRIX v4.3 on a DEC station.


I wish to test within a Cprg the type of monitor I use...color or monochrome.
How to do this ?


Thanx everybody.
Happy new year.


email: jcu@is1.bfu.vub.ac.be

Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
From: rosenth@vision.ethz.ch (Lukas Rosenthaler)
Subject: modem at 38400 Baud on DECstation5000/200?
Summary: how to get 38400 baud serial line connection to modem
Keywords: serial line modem baudrate
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:29:50 GMT

Hi,
I try to get a high speed modem, attached to a DECstation5000/200 running
Ultrix 4.2A to work at speeds of 38400 baud. The problem is that neither
kermit (C-kermit) nor "tip" seem to work at this baud rate. I understand that
the hardware and the tty-driver should be able to drive the serial line at
this speed. How do I get either kermit or tip to accept this speed ? (I played
around with the kermit source and added there [in ckutio] the symbol EXTB to
add 38400 baud line speed. However it does NOT work :-(    )

Does anyone know how to solve this nasty problem ?

Thanks,

	Lukas Rosenthaler

	rosenth@vision.ethz.ch
	rosenth@comp.bioz.unibas.ch
	rosenthaler@urz.unibas.ch
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
From: senetza@sigma.uleth.ca (Len Senetza)
Subject: Dedicated Terminal to a Program
Keywords: setup? how? ugh?
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: 11 Jan 93 18:50:52 GMT

We would like to setup a terminal which is running a program (gopher).  It 
would be preferable to have this terminal be automatically hooked to at boot 
time (reverse lat) and for it to then start gopher.

So, I can setup the reverse lat stuff (/etc/lcp -h ...) and that works.  I
know, because I had getty running for that tty.  Then, in /etc/ttys, I changed
the "/etc/getty ..." entry to "/usr/local/gopher -s" and nothing works.

I know that this is possible in VMS because our VMS systems programmer keeps
telling me so.  How is this done in Ultrix?

Thanks...
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From: john@sekrit.WPI.EDU (John Stoffel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: tcp_[input,output].o patches (was December Ultrix Condist/DECnsr weirdness.)
Date: 4 Jan 93 10:10:48
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	<1992Dec30.181312.11997@coe.montana.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: sekrit.wpi.edu
In-reply-to: osyjm@cs.montana.edu's message of Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:13:12 GMT

>>>>> On Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:13:12 GMT, osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) said:

Jaye> In article <1992Dec29.223103.2945@coe.montana.edu> osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes:
>
>Anybody out there know what the problem is that's fixed by the patch? From
>the readme it appears that it applies to Ultrix 4.3 as well...
>
>I think I'll have to have somebody else call the CSC, it would be hard
>to be polite at this moment in time.... 

Jaye> Well, I had somebody else call the CSC, and w/o going into too
Jaye> many details, it appears that the problem ONLY AFFECTS > 4.2a
Jaye> machines, because of some mumbo-jumbo in the tcp code in the
Jaye> kernel that apparently has some problem.

Jaye> Also, the patch has NOT been released from Ultrix engineering...

I've gotten patches for tcp_input.o and tcp_output.o from the CSC guys
down in georgia.  I was told that the patches were released (or at
least made available) on December 18, 1992.  We're running Ultrix 4.3
and the patches seem to fix our problems, but we're still testing.

Try running the command 'what /vmunix | grep tcp_' and see what you
get back for the versions of the tcp_* modules.  Take this information
and tell your CSC person there are patches available.  Hope this
helps.

				John
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
From: jldetter@pobox.cca.cr.rockwell.com
Subject: aliases/mail.aliases on a sun YP'ed to a DEC
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 12:02:36 -0600
X-Received: by usenet.pa.dec.com; id AA18381; Tue, 5 Jan 93 10:03:08 -0800
X-Received: by inet-gw-2.pa.dec.com; id AA15854; Tue, 5 Jan 93 10:03:02 -0800
X-Received: by bulls.cca.cr.rockwell.com (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C)
	id AA14528; Tue, 5 Jan 93 12:02:37 -0600
X-To: comp.unix.ultrix.usenet
X-Mts: smtp

We are having problems getting our Suns to recognize our 
aliases we have setup on our DECstations. On the DECstations 
I can setup mail aliases by editing the file 

yp_master:/usr/var/yp/yp_domainanme/mail.aliases

and adding entries like

j_detter jldetter

I then make aliases and the DECs can mail to j_detter.

This however hangs on the Suns.

The Suns are YP clients to the DECstations. 

If I add the alias to the suns /etc/aliases file as
j_detter:jldetter it works fine. 

If I change the mail.aliases file to the form
j_detter:jldetter

the DEC works fine, but the sun still hangs.

I have several questions

1. It looks like the DEC is making the mail.aliases look 
like the alises file, is this true?

2. Is there some sendmail switch that I need to add to the
sendmail processes on the suns to fix this?

3. Could I accomplish this with MX records in BIND instead?

4. Is mail.aliases a DEC thing or does YP normally contain this?

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Xref: sparky comp.unix.ultrix:9241 comp.sys.hp:14720 comp.periphs.printers:3867 fj.comp.printers:383
From: jonas@beor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Josef Nelissen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.hp,comp.periphs.printers,fj.comp.printers
Subject: printcap entry for HP Plotter 7475A
Date: 11 Jan 93 14:30:19 GMT
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik - RWTH Aachen
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: beor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Keywords: printcap, HP, 7475A, plotter

Hi netters,
I have soon to install a HP 7475A as plotter for a Dec 5000/240
(Ultrix 4.3) DecServer250 combination on a serial interface. 

Because I am only used to HP workstations, I have no exact idea what
to put in the /etc/printcap entry, especially in the filter fields
(the 240 only provides entrys for Dec printers in usr/lib/lpdfilters).  

I looked up the sample printcap entries at gatekeeper.dec.com, as
proposed in the ultrix-FAQ, but there are only two entries, both
regarding HP LaserJets.

Two other questions are: What handshake protocal should I use (if any)
and how many stoppbits does the DecServer250 use (this seems to be
important for the baud rate of the plotter).
 
Could anybody out there share his printcap entry or any other
experiences he has made with this combination?

Any help would be greatly appreciated; e-mail preferred.

Many thanks in advance, Josef
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RWTH-Aachen, Ahornstr. 55, W-5100 Aachen, Germany, Tel. +49 241/80-21060,
FAX +49 241/80-21079, e-mail jonas@beor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.dec
From: kaiser@mammal.vbo.dec.com (Peter Kaiser)
Subject: Re: DEC Demos
Reply-To: kaiser@uniriv.vbo.dec.com
Organization: DEC Technology Integration Group
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 13:47:29 GMT


--
There's lots of demo software, including the cat clock, on Digital's CDROM
of UNIX freeware.

___Pete

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.misc
Subject: Unix clones for pc's
From: s342046@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au
Date: 5 Jan 93 00:26:19 GMT

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.misc
From: bkonarsk@generic.mcs.kent.edu (Beirne Konarski)
Subject: [xyz]modem fails with Procomm+
Originator: bkonarsk@Nimitz.mcs.kent.edu
Organization: Kent State University
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 21:20:17 GMT


I have a PC running Procomm Plus that I am trying to use to upload a
file to an Altos with Xenix/386.  My problem is that I can't get any of
the useful protocols, like X, Y, or Z modem to work.  They all time out
or fail in the appropriate way for their protocol.  I have tried both
xmodem and rz and got similar results with both.  Looking at the debug
log from xmodem I see that data is being lost from the packets.  My
line characteristics are N81 with a 19200 baud direct line.  Failure
occurs on both send and receives.  Is there something I should be doing
to get this to work?
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.misc
From: grickett@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Gregory A Ricketts)
Subject: File Transfer, novice user
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:54:23 GMT


I have a question for my uncle who is a veterinarian.  He presently
owns a PS/2 Mode 55 with a 60 MB harddrive.  He is running V/BOSS from
CRT Systems Inc., this is a veterinary office package.  At this point he
is running out of hard disk space, I would like to backup his present
hard disk to tape, get him a larger hard disk, and place everthing from
his old hard disk on his new disk through his tape back-up system.  Only
problem, I know a lot about MS-DOS, nothing about Xenix which is the OS
he is using.  He also knows nothing about Xenix.  My question, how hard
will this be to do, and what are the basic commands for doing this
procedure.  Thanks.  Greg.
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.misc
Subject: UNIX clones for 386/486
From: s342046@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au
Date: 5 Jan 93 00:29:03 GMT

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From: elsbernd0269@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.misc
Subject: Xenix off a machine
Date: 10 Jan 93 21:44:20 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

Help!  I recently purchase a PC with Xenix 2.00 (it's old).  I want to erase
this system and switch to DOS, the only problem is I know very little about
Xenix and am having a difficult time trying to load DOS.  DOS should boot up if 
I put a system disk in the floppy drive when I start the PC, right?  Will
someone please help me get this foreign language off my machine?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Ryan 
University of Northern Iowa
Xref: sparky comp.unix.xenix.sco:3608 comp.unix.xenix.misc:301 comp.dcom.modems:19178
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco,comp.unix.xenix.misc,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: TIME-CRITICAL: Xenix/286 and Hayes 2400, Auto-Answer
Keywords: This is for a friend, not for me.
Date: 9 Jan 93 02:01:56 GMT
Followup-To: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Digest

birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:

>I am going to be going onsite to take a look at this problem and see if I
>can rectify it at 1800 EST, Friday January 8th.  

I managed to get the modem configured to go into auto-answer mode on reset,
and also managed to get the computer to realize the modem was there.

Thanks to:	Bill at GE for modem and Xenix tips
		Dan at DPC Systems for Xenix tips
		Chip at Unicom for Xenix tips.
		Toby at Hayes for modem config tips.

You four managed to come up with solutions that SCO-recommended technicians
couldn't. :)

-Shag

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
Subject: Re: 3.5" 1.4M floppy
Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 23:49:17 GMT
Keywords: 286 fd 3.5" driver

In <1993Jan4.185802.4859@seila.uucp> don@seila.uucp (Don Kossman) writes:

:i have xenix286 2.2.1 running on a 386 PC and have added a 3.5" floppy drive.
:this works fine as a 1.4Mb drive under DOS, but i can't access
:it under xenix- there don't seem to be any standard xenix drivers
:for this device with my (yes it's old but it works fine with 1Mb of RAM)
:xenix OS.

Xenix 2.2.1 is about 5 years old and 1.4MB 3.5in floppies weren't
too common then.  The current version of Xenix is 2.3.4 and would
have no problems supporting these disks.  Updates are available
from SCO and their resellers.

Bill
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From: bob@cs.umd.edu (Bahman Adeli)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Wordprocessors for SCO (Commercial, Shareware, etc.)
Date: 8 Jan 93 21:34:13 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

I'm looking for recommendations for any wordprocessors out there for SCO xenix.
I know there is Wordperfect for it.  How close is it to the PC version?  
Also I would like to hear from people if they know of any Shareware or Public
Domain software.  

-Thanks
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From: mike@pacsoft.com (Mike Stefanik)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: 3.5" 1.4M floppy
Date: 6 Jan 93 22:26:10 GMT
Organization: Pacific Software Group, Riverside, CA

In article <1993Jan5.155341.1@evax.gdc.com> franzis@evax.gdc.com writes:
>May be a stupid question, but did you try "mkdev fd" and relink
>your kernel ? I don't remember if 286Xenix had the mkdev feature.

Nothing has to be linked into the kernel for floppy support.  To re-create
the floppy devices, you can login as "root" and enter the following command:

	# /etc/fixperm -cs -d RTS /etc/perms/inst

This will create the "special" device files in the RTS package, and among
them are your floppy devices.  You could also read the fd(HW) manual pages,
which tells you how to go about creating the device files.

BTW, the "mkdev fd" command doesn't create floppy devices for you -- it
creates a bootable/rootable disk (set) so that you can bring your system up
from floppies in case of emergency.
-- 
Mike Stefanik  mike@pacsoft.com  ...!uunet!pacsoft!mike  (909) 681-2623
Pacific Software Group, Riverside, CA
From: Jeremy Bettis <jbettis@cse.unl.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: Forcing a user to go through a program at logout?
Date: 9 Jan 1993 06:06:14 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cse.unl.edu

david@dynamix.com (David L Jarvis) writes:

>> 
>> Is there anyway to *force* a user to go through a program prior to logout?
>> 

>Sure ... we use "trap $HOME/.logout 0" in our .profile for ksh ...

This will not "force" the user to run .logout...  they can always just type
trap - 0 and unset the trap again.  Or they could exit with exit 1, they
could drop carrier if possible, or they could just type exec ksh sometime
during the session.  I was using trap .logout 0 to run a logout file for
myself, but I lost my trap when I would use newgrp, which execs a new shell

My solution was to get bash, and compile it.  It will execute a file
called .bash_logout when exiting a login shell.  (I think it will work
even if an exec, or newgrp is used.)


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco