HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: pfkeb@kaon.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Paul Kunz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Netinfo Backups?
Date: 23 Aug 92 03:51:05 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
In-reply-to: fosdal@phenxm.physics.wisc.edu's message of 20 Aug 92 21:12:48 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.211248.18532@cs.wisc.edu> fosdal@phenxm.physics.wisc.edu writes:

   I am having problems with frequent netinfo crashes.  Is there any way
   to take a picture of the current set up adn easily restore it?  I have
   tried just copying /etc/netinfo/... and /etc/hostconfig but it didn't seem
   to work.
	   Thanks,


Run a NetInfo clone.  If the master dies and needs to be restored,
then just copy all the files from the clone to the master.
--
Paul F. Kunz	(NeXT mail ok)
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University
Voice: (415) 926-2884   (NeXT) Fax: (415) 926-3587
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: bruce@tssnext.rmNUG.ORG
Subject:  Map your NetInfo
Reply-To:  <bruce@TotSysSoft.com> (Bruce Gingery)
Organization:  Total System Software
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 08:49:41 GMT

I've used the following a number of times, to great advantage in checking
the status, and in one case, rebuilding the NetInfo database...  Perhaps
it will save someone else time and grief, as it has us...

===========[ cut here for dumpni* ]==========
#!/bin/sh
#
#  @(#)  FULL NUMERIC NODE DUMP of NetInfo
#
echo \"cannot read props: ID is invalid\" messages may be expected
echo \"cannot list props: ID is invalid\" messages may be expected
#  these (above) messages cannot be redirected
#
# Desired output filename on next line
a=./ni_dump.list
#
# Desired domain on next line, use "." for local domain.
m="."
#
#  If you have over 300 NetInfo nodes add to the following line
#  The above errormessages indicate that you've gone quite far enough
for h in 0 1 2 
do
for d in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
do
for u in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
do
echo "============================="    2>&1 >> ${a}
echo NetInfo ${m} node: ${h}${d}${u}    2>&1 >> ${a}
echo    List \(as path position...\)    2>&1 >> ${a}
/usr/bin/niutil -list ${m} ${h}${d}${u} 2>&1 >> ${a}
echo    Read \(properties...\)          2>&1 >> ${a}
/usr/bin/niutil -read ${m} ${h}${d}${u} 2>&1 >> ${a}
done
done
done
==========================[ cut here ]===================

While this may not be the most efficient way, and certainly not the prettiest
way of recording your NetInfo, if you only use the NextAdmin tools, it might
just be a good precaution to get a recorded copy where you can refer back to 
it at some later date.

If someone would like to post back a nice pretty-print version of this
please feel free :)  It should be fairly easy to convert this for rtf
or even PostScript output.

Bruce
-- 
Bruce Gingery          bruce@TotSysSoft.com        (Total System Software)
InterNet:  Bruce.Gingery@p1.f5.n310.z1.fidonet.org (  Cheyenne, Wyoming )
       or  bruce@brucext.TotSysSoft.com
NeXT-Mail: bruce@tssnext.rmNUG.org  < -or- > bruce@TotSysSoft.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: rolfe@ldp.com (Rolfe Tessem)
Subject: Re: NeXT as Mac server?
Reply-To: rolfe@ldp.com
Organization: Lucky Duck Productions
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:06:12 GMT

In article <ward1.713544494@husc8> ward1@husc8.harvard.edu (Lester Ward)  
writes:
> We have a single NeXTstation that we'd like to turn into a file-server
> for our programmers.  The five Mac ci's they work on are all ethernet
> compatible and have their own IP numbers.
> 
> Does anyone know what is involved in setting this up?
> 
> Les

You can install CAP, although currently it requires an Ethernet/Localtalk  
router like a Fastpath or Gatorbox.  I don't know whether 3.0's support for  
Appletalk in the kernel will change this, but I would think it should.  Other  
than that glitch, CAP works great and is fairly mature at this point.
-- 
Rolfe Tessem				Lucky Duck Productions
rolfe@ldp.com				New York City
(212) 463-0029				(212) 463-7049 fax
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
Subject: Re: Turning off NeXT at night....
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 20:03:41 GMT


>> I would also consider the environmental issue of 
>> needless energy consumption.

How about the environmental cost of building a new hard drive?
Not just the energy to forge the metals, but also the freon to
clean the circuit boards?  Just as a zeroth order estimate, the
damage to the environment is proportional to the cost, so if
it's cheaper to leave the machine on than to buy a new hard
drive every two years, then it might be better to leave the
machine on.

Might be nice though if you could turn the monochrome monitor
off.

The big energy hog is the printer.  If you're not turning your
printer off after use, either automatically or manually (the
command is /usr/etc/nppower off), then you really are needlessly
consuming energy.  Not just in keeping the printer hot, but in
the air-conditioning to counter that heat source.

Mark Adler
madler@tybalt.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc
From: koelman@cuby.stc.nl (Ton Koelman)
Subject: NEVER buy the 17"-- I'm using a Sony GDM-1604A40
Reply-To: koelman@stc.nato.int
Organization: SHAPE Technical Centre, NL
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 11:50:57 GMT


I'm using a Sony GDM-1604A40  (16" color Trinitron)
on the ND.
We bought it from SUN.
The date on the sticker is: 18 sept 1989

PS: I'm getting a *lot* of requests on this one.
We ought to put something in the FAQ on
alternate monitors!

--
Ton Koelman   e-mail: koelman@stc.nato.int (NeXT Mail Welcome!)
SHAPE Technical Centre, P.O. Box 174, 2501 CD  The Hague
The Netherlands  (voice: 31-70-3142429, fax: 31-70-3142111)
From: maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Surge Supressor - not needed on NeXTs?!!
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:37:34 GMT
Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA

I am still dealing with this surge surpressor issue.  Every now and
then we'd get brown outs (around 1700hrs) and my hard disc showed signs
of death.  Anyway, after NeXT immediately replaced my drive (Thanks) the 
hunt for a suppressor was on.  I soon learned that there were things called
line conditioners ( to filter out noise) and line 
regulators.  After calling NeXT I was told that the power supply has a 
fuse in it so if the machine gets overloaded the fuse will blow.  
Unfortunately, the fuse can't be changed (so I'm told).  
I concluded that since I would have to buy another power supply anyway 
it might be better for me to invest in a line regulator.  Is this true?


maurices
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: vturner@nmsu.edu (Vaughan Turner)
Subject: Help!  Hard Drive in NeXT won't newfs!
Organization: New Mexico State University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:06:24 GMT

Hello,

I have a NeXT '040 cube with a 200M drive in it.  Up until yesterday, it
was working fine.

I have successfully net booted it off of a NeXTStation, but I can't get
it to newfs properly.  When writing the super-block backups, it get a
write error at a random place on the disk, with the error:

16, ..., 45736,write error: 48416
wtfs: Error 0

I think I need a low level formatting utility that can mark bad blocks after
verifying the disk.  Is there a built-in NeXT utility to do this?  I looked
at sdform and disk, but neither seems to handle anything but pristine disks.

Is there a utility on the net to do this?  A long time ago, I got a util
called reassignblock, and in the readme it mentions formatdisk, but I can't
find it with archie, or on a few common NeXT ftp sites.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks,

Vaughan
                     VaughAn Turner     Internet: vturner@nmsu.edu
     Networking/Workstation Support     Box 30001, Dept. 3AT
    Computer Center, Networking/WSC     Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
        New Mexico State University     88003-0001
               Bitnet: vturner@nmsu     UUCP: ...!ucbvax!nmsu.edu!vturner
  Work: (505) 646-5487     FAX: (505) 646-5278      Home: (505) 522-3653

     Home Address: 1115 Larry Drive     Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001-5457

"...the first rule of engineering [is] to work with Earth's natural forces,
never against them."
                                                     "Earth"  by David Brin
                     VaughAn Turner     Internet: vturner@nmsu.edu
     Networking/Workstation Support     Box 30001, Dept. 3AT
    Computer Center, Networking/WSC     Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
        New Mexico State University     88003-0001
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: dglattin@trirex.com (Dennis Glatting)
Subject: Re: Adding New Users from non-root account
Organization: Trirex Systems Inc.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:50:59 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.123752.19127@ornl.gov> woo@ornl.gov (John W. Wooten)  
writes:
> How can I set up the User Manager so that someone I designate could add  
> and delete users, but not have full root privileges?
> 

That may be a bit difficult.  In the domain where the users are to be  
places is a root user entry:  <some domain>:/users/root.  To add a entry  
to the domain one of two conditions must be satisfied:  You must be logged  
into the machine that is the domain master as root;  or, you must know the  
domain's root password -- aka NetInfo network password -- when a change is  
made. 

--
Dennis P. Glatting
Sr. Technical Manager
Trirex Systems Inc.
315 Post Road West
Westport, Connecticut   06880
203-221-4614
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: m@crito.stanford.edu (M Carling)
Subject: Re: NextStep 3.0 on 8M/105+105 system?
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 18:26:55 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.160704.26753@Princeton.EDU> js@courant.princeton.edu  
(Jay Sekora) writes:
> Hoping this isn't something that's been discussed before.
> 
> I have an 8M/105 25MHz '040 system, with another external 105M drive,
> running 2.1.  Needless to say, it's a bit slow, but I'm a patient
> person.

I am running 3.0 on an 8/250 system. It is a bit slower than 2.1, but the  
improvement in functionality justifies it. It is possible to build a  
minimal 3.0 system on a 105 drive.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
--
I believe George Bush, Anita Hill, and Pinocchio.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: dglattin@trirex.com (Dennis Glatting)
Subject: Bounced mail
Organization: Trirex Systems Inc.
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:24:05 GMT

Not being a sendmail hack, is there a way or routing or forwarding bounced  
mail to a local account?

-dpg
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: bailey@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (William Leeke)
Subject: rs6000
Followup-To: me
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:57:46 GMT



	I recently read a post (I think) in c.s.n.a. about using Next's as a front end for rs6000 (rs is for rat s---). Due to the row in that newsgroup posting there is a problem. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks,
Bill

-- 
"IF!..IF!!...If a frog had wings he wouldn't scrape his butt a-hoppin'!"
					-Nathan Arizona
bailey@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
From: deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Increasing user processes
Date: 20 Aug 92 12:55:09 GMT
Reply-To: Neil Greene <deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu>
Organization: ARCI, Inc.

I am running Oracle 6.x.x on a NeXTcube.  As users log in and use Oracle  
resources, the oracle account spawns additional processes.  How can increase  
the maximum processes a user may run?


> Other Changes
> 
> The following additional changes have been made to Mach kernel since 
> Release 1.0.
> [stuff deleted]
>  	The maximum number of user processes per uid has been increased from 40  
> to 60.
> [stuff deleted]
> 

I realize this is a modification of the kernel and probably not going to be  
acceptable, but maybe someone has a hack. :-)
-- 
Neil Greene 
Director, Computer Information Systems ARCI, Inc.
President, Kentucky NeXT User Group, Inc.
Email: deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu [NeXTmail]
From: grant@Manticore.COM (Grant J. Munsey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Lexi.font.  What is it and why can't I select it?
Date: 21 Aug 92 19:26:15 GMT
Reply-To: grant@Manticore.COM

In article <1992Aug20.184647.6657@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us  
(Bob Peirce #305) writes:
> In /NextLibrary/Fonts there is a font called Lexi.  I did not put it
> there so it must have come with the system software - 1.0, 2.0 or 2.1.
>  (stuff deleted)
> Anybody have any ideas?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA         rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us          
412-471-5320
> venetia@investor.pgh.pa.us [NeXT Mail]  !uunet.uu.net!pitt!investor!rbp  
[UUCP]

Lexi is a font used for displaying some of the rather strange characters
in Digital Webster. See NeXTAnswers for further info.
----
Grant Munsey, Mainticore, Inc. (408)252-1135
grant@Manticore.COM,  uunet!ub-gate!gouche!grant   NeXTMail ok.
From: mbutler@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (M. COOPER / B. McQUAID)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: rdump HELP!!!!
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:58:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: sdcc12.36926

I have a NeXTstation color and a Data General Aviion server.  The
Aviion has a 525 MB 1/4 drive and I'd love to backup my NeXT to
it.  Here's what I've tried :

if I do the following as myself I get:

cara> /etc/rdump 0uf host1:/dev/rmt/1 /Homes/bmcquaid/Forms
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Aug 17 10:17:23 1992
  DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
  DUMP: Dumping /Homes/bmcquaid/Forms to /dev/rmt/1 on host host1
 DUMP: bad sblock magic number
  DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.

if I do the following as superuser I get:

cara> /etc/rdump 0uf host1:/dev/rmt/1 /Homes/bmcquaid/Forms
Permission denied.
Permission denied.
rdump: rcmd of /etc/rmt and /usr/etc/rmt failed

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? I'm not a UNIX guru so I
hope it's something simple and obvious.  Thanks in advance!!

-Brad




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From: quinquet@nuri.inria.fr (quinqueton joel -)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Automatic power ON
Keywords: Power ON
Date: 17 Aug 92 12:58:48 GMT
Organization: INRIA * Rocquencourt BP 105 * F-78153 LE CHESNAY CEDEX* France

Hello,

When the electricity goes off, the NeXT won't reboot, you have
to press the Power key. It is a bit annoying because we have a server
that is suppose to run all the time.
Is there a way to have the NeXT reboot when the electricity comes back?

I think it has to be by a physical mean (electronic or something).

Thanks,

Michel Jacquot
jacquot@crim.fr
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: m@crito.stanford.edu (M Carling)
Subject: Re: SPEED!
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 22:51:44 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.211037.19297@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>  
tom@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu (Tom Arnow) writes:
> We have a network setup with six NeXT. Recently, we added on three  
external  
> hard drives and the system got much slower. The system was set up in  
such a  
> way that many directories are mounted as file systems. For example,
> /LocalLibrary 
> /NextDeveloper
> /NextLibrary/Literature
> /NextLibrary/Documentation
> /NextLibrary/References
> /LocalApps
> /usr/spool/mail
> and various /clients 
> are all mounted in this way. 
> Could this contribute to the slow down?

Yes. It could. You don't say how your network is configured i.e. what is  
serving what. I take it that "various /clients" means that you are  
NetBooting. If so, this is likely your performance problem. NeXT only  
supports NetBooting under temporary circumstances for performance and  
security reasons. If you insist on NetBooting, put copious ram in the  
NetBoot clients.

For reasons unrelated to performance, I would recommend establishing  
/NetApps and /NetLibrary on your fileserver and leaving /LocalApps and  
/LocalLibrary local.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
--
I believe George Bush, Anita Hill, and Pinocchio.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: john@oceania.com (John Robison)
Subject: Re: Spaces in filenames
Reply-To: john@oceania.com
Organization: Oceania Health Care Systems
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:40:39 GMT

Brendan T. McNichols writes
> Hi all,
> 
> # ---  Empty the Recycler(s)   --- Changed by Brendan on August 10, 1992
> # from an earlier version posted by Jim Kiraly to comp.sys.next.sysadmin 
> #
> # Search through entire filesystem looking for .NextTrash directories.
> # Save the list in the variable trashlist. For every .NextTrash  
directory 
> # found in the previous command, find and delete all files that are more 
> # than 1 day old.
> trashlist=`find / -type d -name .NextTrash -prune -print`
> for j in $trashlist 
>   do
>     echo 'Removing files more than 1 day old from recycler: '$j
> #    find $j -ctime +1 -depth -exec rm -rf {};
>   done
> 
> Unfortunatly, the script does not work if one of the paths in the  
> trashlist variable has a space in it. 
>
After playing with this for a while, I got the following to work
(Although I used a slightly different command)

Instead of referencing your file to trash as $j,
try referencing it as "${j}". (Include quotes)

This works for direct commands like 
/bin/rm "${j}"

You will have to test it for find.

Regards,

John
-- 
John Robison - john@oceania.com
NeXTMail Gladly Accepted
--> What I say has absolutely nothing to do with
my employer. They don't even know I am posting. <--
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: Peter Purgathofer <root@iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Help: Using Ethernet-Printer on a NeXT
X-Xxdate: Fri, 14 Aug 92 18: 55:57 GMT
Organization: Institute for design and assessment of technology
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 16:53:58 GMT

We have a Macintosh Network with some machines having Ethernet/Ethertalk,
and some machines having LocalTalk/AppleTalk. These machines all print on
one printer, a HP LaserJet III via an Ethernet device (EtherPrint) (some
machines - with AppleTalk - go thru a router). 

We want to be able to use this printer, since it is on Ethernet, with out
NeXTstation. Is this possible? Do we have to wait for 3.0 (which is said
to play AppleTalk)? Or is this just a matter of installation (seems to be
a tough job, then)

Please email answers to me, i'll post the solution, if wanted...

Thanx in advance,

Peter Purgathofer
-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Dep. of Somputer Science / Technical Univ. /Vienna
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"ROMANES EUNT DOMUS"     (Brian)
From: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Color station screen was turned OFF (but still power ON)? how and why?
Date: 21 Aug 92 08:37:32 GMT
Reply-To: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw
Organization: Computer Science & Information Engin., Chiao-Tung U, Taiwan, ROC

About one month ago, I posted to ask
"how to turn off a ( monochrome) NeXT station's screen"
I received several answers. ALL of them told me that's impossible to 
turn it off completely.

But now I encountered one thing which makes me reconsidering its possibility:
One user turned off my color station WITHOUT turning off the its power.
Since I don't know any command that can bring it back, I power NeXT down,
then up, to turn ON the monitor. (rebooting doesn't turn it ON).

So I have 2 questions:
1. how was it done? That guy used some magic that I'm not aware of.
2. If it can be done on Color, can it be done on Mono?


--

Yuan
+----------------------------------------------------------+
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: sherwood@fenris.space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford)
Subject: Re: Netinfo Backups?
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:32:29 GMT

fosdal@phenxm.physics.wisc.edu writes
> I am having problems with frequent netinfo crashes.  Is  
there any way
> to take a picture of the current set up adn easily  
restore it?  I have
> tried just copying /etc/netinfo/... and /etc/hostconfig  
but it didn't seem
> to work.

Remember that they are directories.

cp -r /etc/netinfo/local.nidb /etc/netinfo/local.ddMONyr
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Subject: Re: Hooking up a single NeXT and a single PC
Organization: Madison Academic Computing Center, UW-Madison
Distribution: pnw
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 02:43:28 GMT

In article <1992Aug16.223907.7035@amc.com> kenb@amc.com (Ken Birdwell) writes:
>(This is only supposed to have local distribution, so if you're out 
>of the WA, OR, V.BC area ignore this message)

But how can I, it's too enticing! :-)

>I looking for someone to help me hook up my NeXT and PC with a 
>ethernet connection.  I have a Western Digital 16bit ethernet card, 
>a 20ft cable, and all the NCSA Telnet stuff (as well as the SOSS software),
>but try as I might I can't get the two to find each other.  I don't
>actually get any errors, I just can't figure out how to set them up so that 
>the PC's Telnet can find my NeXT.  Setting up the NeXT also seems to be 
>a problem because almost all of the documentation is about  setting up 
>NetInfo, and about connecting up to a existing network.  Unfortunitly, I 
>don't have a existing network to connect to, just two lonely boxes.

>What I'm looking for is someone to come over to my basement and help me 
>set them up.  If you're willing but would like some reimbursment, that's 
>fine. 

Send jet ticket, I'll be out in a flash.  I have all that
going just fine here at home, no problems whatever.  Easy as
pie.

-- 
Jess Anderson <> Madison Academic Computing Center <> University of Wisconsin
Internet: anderson@macc.wisc.edu <-best, UUCP:{}!uwvax!macc.wisc.edu!anderson
NeXTmail w/attachments: anderson@yak.macc.wisc.edu  Bitnet: anderson@wiscmacc
Room 3130 <> 1210 West Dayton Street / Madison WI 53706 <> Phone 608/262-5888
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