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From: sycheng@csie.nctu.edu.tw (Shiao-Yang Cheng)
Subject: Re: Help with ypset command... 
Reply-To: sycheng@csie.nctu.edu.tw
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, Chiao Tung U., Taiwan, ROC
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 05:58:07 GMT

romano@monolith.bellcore.com (Paul C. Romano) writes:
: Hello all,
: 
: 	I have been trying to use the ypset command to force a machine to
: NIS bind to a certain NIS server, but have been unable to get the command 
: to work. According to the man page, you should be able to "ypset hostname",
: but whenever I try to to this, I get the following error: "ypset: Sorry, ypbind
: on host iceland has rejected your request." Can anyone who has successfully
: used ypset tell me what I am doing wrong???
: 
: Thanks in advance,
: 
: Paul
: romano@monolith.bellcore.com
: 

  run "ypbind -ypset"
  
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Computer Science & Information Engineering | Cheng, Shiao-Yang (    )  
National Chiao Tung University             | sycheng@csie.nctu.edu.tw
Taiwan, Republic of China                  | sycheng@csunix.csie.nctu.edu.tw
From: warrend@sptekwv3.wv.tek.com (Warren Dodge;685-2283;60-850;;sptekwv3)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: nis master on 386I
Keywords: /home /vol broken but /net works
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:23:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: shaman.1610
Reply-To: warren.dodge@tek.com
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.,  Beaverton, OR


-- 

Our 386I is the nis master for our sparc 2's. It has worked fine for
several years at this. 

Recently we started seeing a new thing with it. If we reboot the
machine the auto.home (/home) and auto.vol  (/vol) automounts will not
work. 

The only way we have found to fix them is to touch  /etc/auto.vol and
/etc/auto.home, do a new make in /var/yp,  kill the automounter and
start it over again.  We run automount -v -tw 1000

Any ideas? Is this related to the previous posting about

Aug 18 12:20:31 sntekwv6 syslogd: /etc/utmp: File table overflow
Aug 18 12:20:30 sntekwv6 System limit reached for inode table. Cancel some jobs and try again.
Aug 18 12:20:30 sntekwv6 System limit reached for inode table. Cancel some jobs and try again.
Aug 18 12:20:30 sntekwv6 dnlc_purge1: no entries to purge

Thanks in advance.


                                       Warren L. Dodge

           ====================================================
          | Warren L. Dodge, Electronic Engineer               |
          | Tektronix, Inc., Network Displays Division (NWD)   |
          | PO Box 1000, MS 60-850, Wilsonville, OR 97070      |
          |     phone - (503) 685-2283                         |
          |     fax   - (503) 682-1500                         |
          |     email - warren.dodge@TEK.COM                |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: obi@gumby.ocs.com (Kuryan "Obi" Thomas)
Subject: Re: AppleShare on the Sun Recommendations
Reply-To: obi@gumby.ocs.com
Organization: Online Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 07:23:07 GMT

ajt@swan.doc.ic.ac.uk (Tony Travis) writes:
> John DeRosa (derosa@rtsg.mot.com) wrote:
> : I want to allow the Macintosh users around 
> : my office to mount Sun file systems.  I know
> : that it can be done with PacerShare and 
> : CAP (I think).
> : 
> : Does anyone have an opinion on which is 
> : better?  Are there others?
> 
> Yes, netatalk - it's free, and it's good!
> 
> 	Tony

Does netatalk allow a Sun to print to a LaserWriter on a Mac? The Mac and
Sun are connected by an Ethernet connection, while the Mac and LaserWriter
are connected by a LocalTalk (Farallon PhoneNet) connection. If netatalk
doesn't do this, is there some freeware someplace that does?

Thanks for any tips.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.sun.admin:5600 comp.sys.sun.apps:1639
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.apps
Subject: olwm problem on ncd19c
From: cctr114@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:06:49 +1200
Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

A user running olwm on a SPARCserver 690 and displaying on an NCD19c
often gets the following error message when opening or resizing a 
window.

X Error:  BadAlloc
  Request Major code 53 ()
  Request Minor code 0
  ResourceID 0x1400023
  Error Serial #236
  Current Serial #240

It is said that this error does not occur when running olwm on to
other types of x-terminals. Does anyone know what might be causing this
problem?  Thanks.

                                                                      ___
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From: bucholtz@angis.su.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: at queues
Date: 16 Aug 92 01:36:25 GMT
Reply-To: bucholtz@angis.su.oz.au ()
Organization: ANGIS, The University of Sydney, Australia

We have 3 at queues set up, 2 job limit for each, the queues have different
"nice values". We have programmes that automatically submit jobs to these
queues. My problem is that sometimes a user might have 20 jobs in a
queue, and another user may then submit a job to this queue. I would like
to be able to manage the queues, e.g. moving the last user in the example above
to another queue so that there is no long delay, or maybe changing the job
numbers so the last user can "jump the queue". I can't find any information
on queue management or even if queue management is is possible. Has any one run
into this type of problem and been able to solve it ? Coming from a VMS
environment where queue management is very easy I find it somewhat frustrating
not being able to juggle the queue jobs round.

Carolyn Bucholtz

Software/Database Manager,
Australian National Genomic Information Service,
Electrical Engineering Building, J03
Sydney University,
N.S.W.  2006
Australia

e-mail: bucholtz.angis.su.oz.au
fax: +61-2-692 3847
tel: +61-2-692 2948
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: croft@csusac.csus.edu (Steve Croft)
Subject: Openwindows on Solbourne
Organization: California State University, Sacramento
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 15:15:08 GMT

Anyone had any luck running OpenWindows Version 3 on a Solbourne Series 5?
I get a SIG error when I try to run the xnews server.  I have been able to
get the olwm running on top of the MIT server with:
	openwin -dev /dev/cgtwo0 -noauth -server /usr/bin/X11/X
I just get some funny marks on the display as the block cursor moves
through a shelltool panel (this happens only occasionally, but often enough
to be bothersome).

Any thoughts?  Our config is actually:
Solbourne 5/604
Sony monitor
olvwm Rel 3
OpenWindows Version 3 (was running Version 2)

Thanks bunch!

steve
stevec@water.ca.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: mikebo@i88.isc.com (Michael Borowiec)
Subject: CAP software OK on 600MP?
Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:41:28 GMT

We are currently running the CAP (Columbia AppleTalk Package) version 6.0
(Patch level 100) under SunOS 4.1.1 on a 4/490. Is anyone running this
version of CAP on SunOS 4.1.2 or a 600MP? I'm planning to upgrade to 4.1.2
and 690MP soon so any comments would be appreciated... Thanks!
- Mike

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INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. - 1901 N. Naper Blvd. - Naperville, IL 60563 USA
System Administration Office: 708-505-9100 ext 229   -   FAX: 708-505-9133
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From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: ex/vi's tmp directory.
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:45:47 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>how does 1 change the "tmp" directory that ex/vci uses?

	set directory=<some other directory>

in your ".exrc" file.

>I have a sun4 system that miraculously started using
>"/var/tmp" [which only root has write access to]

Find out whoever's responsible for making "/var/tmp" writable only by
"root", and fix it/them.  It's supposed to be publicly-writable!

The reason why "ex"/"vi" uses "/var/tmp" is that people often mount
"tmpfs" on "/tmp", which means "/tmp" goes away if the system is shut
down, so that you lose "expreserve".
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: mb@cs.tulane.edu (Mark Benard)
Subject: Micropolis 2 GB disk on SPARC
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-19931]: thoth
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 22:08:03 GMT

Does anyone have experience using a Micropolis 1548 disk on a SPARC?
Apparently it requires some kernel modifications (which the salesman
says he will provide).  I want to make sure that these mods are safe
before buying.  I want to run the disk on a 670MP or a IPX.
-- 
Mark Benard
Department of Computer Science     INTERNET & BITNET: mb@cs.tulane.edu
Tulane University                  USENET:   rex!mb
New Orleans, LA 70118
From: tsarna@endicor.com (Ty Sarna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Problem with X11R5 on Sun 3/60
Keywords: X11, Sun 3/60
Date: 20 Aug 92 05:14:43 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Endicor Technologies, Inc.

> Err, this is confusing to me. Are you saying the cg4 takes over and displays
> both the mono and color screens, but only on the color?
>
> I have a mono 3/60 and am acquiring a cg4 and color monitor for it.
> I assumed that I would be able to access both (physical) monitors,
> the mono as :0.0, and the color as :0.1. Have I erred?

Nope, you should be able to access both screens (unless you use -zaphod,
which disables this feature)

> The War on Drugs is just part of the War on the US Constitution. 

--
Ty Sarna				           tsarna@endicor.com

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
From: glenns@ra.pad.otc.com.au (Glenn Satchell - Uniq professional Services)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Man pages used to format themselves
Date: 17 Aug 92 01:19:36 GMT
Reply-To: glenns@ra.pad.otc.com.au (Glenn Satchell - Uniq professional Services)
Organization: Uniq Professional Services (Sydney Australia)

Create the directories /usr/man/cat[12345678ln] and make them world writeable. man(1) will then save the formatted man pages when the particular man entry is looked up the first time. This is cryptically mentioned in man(1):

     If there are preformatted, up-to-date  versions  in
     corresponding  cat? or fmt? directories, man simply displays
     or prints those versions.  If the  preformatted  version  of
     interest  is  out of date or missing, man reformats it prior
     to display.

Typically you might set this up for the most used sections, typically 1, 8 and l.

In article <qm8m_kc.cyclone@netcom.com>, cyclone@netcom.com (Bill Sheppard) writes:
|> Before I upgraded my Sun 3/50 (quit laughing!) to 4.1.1 from 4.0.1 whenever I
|> looked at a man page it would format itself permanently - know, they don't. 
|> Where should I look to restore this to its previous state, such that the
|> second time I look at a given man page it will already be formatted.  I know
|> about catman, but don't want to use that much disk space.
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> 
|> Bill

-- 

Glenn Satchell                             kalli!glenn@fourx.aus.sun.com
Uniq Professional Services Pty Ltd                 glenns@nms.otca.oz.au

"The answer is no, and we'll negotiate from there."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: cyclone@netcom.com (Bill Sheppard)
Subject: Where's the rest of /usr/openwin?
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 00:44:31 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords: install

While trying to add OpenWindows during my upgrade from 4.0.1 to 4.1.1 I
deleted the entire /usr/openwin directory; after re-installing  the
OpenWindows sections from the distribution tape (user, font, and programming)
several of the directories didn't get restored to /usr/openwin, including etc.
How can I find out what section I need to reinstall to get the rest of the
necessary files?  I have the following directories in /usr/openwin:

	bin
	demo
	lib
	share
	sys
	
Thanks,

Bill
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: schneck@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Bernhard Schneck)
Subject: Re: Hardware control on ELC serial port(s)
Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 19:04:53 GMT

mb@cs.tulane.edu (Mark Benard) writes:

>I have an adapter cable to turn the serial port on an ELC into two ports,
>but I have been told that while all hardware signals are available on
>port A, RTS is not available on port B.  Is this true?  That would
>make it a problem running a fast modem on port B.

No.  RTSA is on pin 4, RTSB is on 19.

What I'm missing is a DTRB ... kill -9 SUN ...

\Bernhard.
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GeNUA Gesellschaft fuer Netz- | TU Muenchen Physik | There is no problem so big
und UNIX-Administration mbH   | 8046 Garching      | that it cannot be run away
8000 Muenchen 83, Germany     | Germany            | from.   Illusions, R. Bach
From: ekeller@aerie.CalStateLA.EDU (eddy keller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: vi and file locking
Date: 14 Aug 92 01:28:33 GMT
Reply-To: ekeller@calstatela.edu
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun
Distribution: world
Organization: ATS - CalState Los Angeles


Is there a way to configure a system (Sun 4's - some with SunOS
4.1.2 and some with 4.1.1) so that vi does file locking?
A couple of my users have said that whenever they would edit
a file with vi and, unbeknownst to them, another user was editing
that same file, vi would bring them up in read only mode
(in essence doing file locking).  Now, they say, it no longer
is doing this (as one overwrote the changes of the other).
I have never seen this in the seven or so years I've been
working with unix and vi - so either I have been completely
missing something (wouldn't be the first time) or there is 
some other magic at play here.

Does this ring a bell with any others out there?

-- 
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eddy keller                              (ekeller@calstatela.edu)
Phone: (213) 343-2717          California State University, Los Angeles
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From: rjc@monet.ccs.itd.umich.edu (Robert John Churchill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: AppleShare on the Sun Recommendations
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:13:55 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.admin
Organization: University of Michigan

In article <Bt64IK.A9J@gumby.ocs.com>, obi@gumby.ocs.com (Kuryan "Obi"
Thomas) wrote:
> 
> ajt@swan.doc.ic.ac.uk (Tony Travis) writes:
> > John DeRosa (derosa@rtsg.mot.com) wrote:
> > : I want to allow the Macintosh users around 
> > : my office to mount Sun file systems.  I know
> > : that it can be done with PacerShare and 
> > : CAP (I think).
> > : 
> > : Does anyone have an opinion on which is 
> > : better?  Are there others?
> > 
> > Yes, netatalk - it's free, and it's good!
> > 
> > 	Tony
> 
> Does netatalk allow a Sun to print to a LaserWriter on a Mac? The Mac and
> Sun are connected by an Ethernet connection, while the Mac and LaserWriter
> are connected by a LocalTalk (Farallon PhoneNet) connection. If netatalk
> doesn't do this, is there some freeware someplace that does?
> 
> Thanks for any tips.

Using netatalk, you can print to a LaserWriter on LocalTalk, yes.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.misc
From: greg@carnivore.tamu.edu (Greg Economides)
Subject: Re: NIS and DNS. Any problem to expect?
Organization: Center for Biosystems Modelling, Texas A&M University
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:19:32 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.070914.8353@autelca.ascom.ch> dhuber@autelca.ascom.ch (Daniel Huber) writes:
>In a few weeks I have to move our communications server from a
>HP9000/835 HP-UX8.0 to a SPARCserver 4/490 with SunOS4.1.1 (eventually
>4.1.2).
>As I read the comp.sys.sun.* groups regurarly, I remember that there
>was once a problem running NIS server and DNS server concurrently on a
>sun. Setting up a sun DNS client is a cake (just 'make' in /var/yp
>with the -b switch activated in the Makefile, and creating
>/etc/resolv.conf). However, I believe I read once something about
>patching some binaries, if DNS and NIS should run together...
>Anybody knows more?

I had no problem in getting DNS and NIS to work nicely together in 
SunOS 4.1.1; I didn't need to patch any binaries, if I remember correctly.

>
>I also move others from the HP to the Sun:
>
>- NNTP

I had no troubles with NNTP

>Does anybody know if I have to expect problems?
>
Such a silly question 8^).  Of course you do...  Murphy says so...


Peace,
--
Greg Economides,   Systems Administrator, Center for Biosystems Modelling
Texas A&M University
Internet: econ@tamu.edu
Fuzzy logic -- "Everything is not always something"
From: rodney@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Rodney Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: question on yypasswd - rpc.yypasswdd
Date: 16 Aug 92 06:16:06 GMT
Organization: Customised Software Solutions Centres, AOTC

ahalim@ics.uci.edu writes:


>If NIS is running, how does one make passwd/yppasswd automatically force
>the propagation of changes in the server's map files?

>I put the following in the rc.local of the NIS master server:

>if [ -f /usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd ]; then
>	/usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd /etc/passwd -m passwd DIR=/var/yp
>	echo "Starting yppasswdd"
>fi

>The above lines didn't seem to work. I still needed to manually run 'make'
>in the /var/yp so that the changes will take into effect immediately when
>someone tried to change his/her passwd by running passwd/yppasswd.

>Does someone have a clue to the above problem?

Here we go again -...

	There is a bug in 4.1 rpc.yppasswdd that causes it misinterpret
	the command line arguments.  A work-around is to add the 
	"-nosingle" flag (which is the default), this shifts the 
	arguments over one, so "passwd" is read instead	of "-m".

	For example:

	rpc.yppasswdd /var/yp/passwd -nosingle -m passwd DIR=/var/yp

	If you are running the C2 security package, you should apply
	patch 100201-04, as it fixes several problems with rpc.yppasswdd.

							   	Rodney...
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From: ccoprmd@prism.gatech.EDU (Matthew DeLuca)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Exabyte or other 8mm tape storage in quantity
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:21:49 GMT
Organization: The Dorsai Grey Captains

In article <12AUG92.11532621@cc4.crl.aecl.ca> roihar@cc4.crl.aecl.ca writes:
>Does anyone have information on a storage system for hundreds of
>exabyte tapes. We are now using these as our standard storage media
>for data from nuclear experimentation and they are 'piling' up
>quite rapidly. All I've seen in the catalogues are stackable units
>which hold at most some 20-30 tapes. Anything better out there??
>Anyone else come up with a usable alternative to commercially
>available storage systems???

We're using a storage system originally designed for 3.5" floppies to store
our Exabytes.  An Italian company called 'Exponent' manufactures interlocking
drawers for 3.5" floppies that almost perfectly fits Exabyte tapes ten per
drawer.  We're currently storing some 450 tapes in our setup, which only
takes a few square feet of floor space.  If this sounds useful to you, let me
know and I can try and track down an address.
-- 
Matthew DeLuca                      "I'd hire the Dorsai, if I knew their 
Georgia Institute of Technology      P.O. box."
Office of Information Technology                - Zebediah Carter, 
Internet: ccoprmd@prism.gatech.edu              _The Number of the Beast_
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: ghynes@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Gerard Hynes)
Subject: QaD Kernel Patch!
Organization: CS Dept, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 12:47:34 GMT

Greetings.....
	Does anyone have a quick and dirty (well not neccessarily dirty) adb
script to patch SunOS 4.1.1's process table to a greater value. Sure, I could
reconfig the kernel and do a make, but Sun's DBE, Sparcserver Manager, ppp and
a *large* number of patches have been added to the present kernel. At the
moment the SS2server is hitting the proccess high-water mark at ~280, which
is about 16 users, and in a couple of weeks a 690 will be here, so this is
request is mostly caused by laziness ;-).

	Also, someone posted a adb script to increase the SS2's serial ports
to a speed greater than 19,200. Can the SS2 port push a V.fast modem at a rate
greater than 19.2.... these modems have a link speed faster than that! (24k
w /v.42 compression).

Thanx in advance,
Gerard.
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+=============================================================================+
| BUSH and NORIEGA in '92		| Gerard Hynes                        |
| A *REAL* Crack TEAM!!!!		| ghynes@garfield.cs.mun.ca	      |
|					| ghynes@kean.ucs.mun.ca              |
From: kent@tfd.COM (Kent Hauser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: 'restore'ing from floppies
Keywords: dump restore
Date: 15 Aug 92 16:03:29 GMT
Organization: Twenty-First Designs, Wash, DC

System: Sparcstation II, SunOS 4.1.1b

I have a couple of (very) small file systems I thought I'd just
backup onto floppies. 'dump' claims to understand floppies -- ie

dump 0D /dev/rsd0h

writes onto a floppy & ejects. However, I can't convince 'restore'
to read the info back.

Does anyone know how to get 'restore' to read these dumps back?


Thanks.

	Kent

-- 
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Twenty-First Designs		INET: kent@tfd.com
(301) 572-6370
From: earl@jade.ab.ca (Earl Locken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Hitachi MTI FLCN-00B 1.342 GByte hard drive?
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:47:55 GMT
Organization: Jade Simulations International, Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada


     We recently asked several local companies to submit quotes for
one GByte disk drives.  One salesman put a Hitachi MTI FLCN-00B on the
quote he submitted.  I've never heard of this drive, nor can I find it
mentioned in the format.dat file posted here regularly.  Can anyone
tell me anything about this drive?  Has anyone bought one and
successfully used it on a Sun?

     Thanks.

Earl Locken						earl@jade.ab.ca
Jade Simulations International
-- 
Earl Locken						earl@jade.ab.ca
Jade Simulations International