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From: alexis@panix.com (Alexis Rosen)
Subject: Re: REPOST: Telnet Security under A/UX?
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 06:46:03 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

pbrande1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Philip Brandenberger) writes:
>It appears that under A/UX there is no way to restrict ROOT LOGIN from 
>remote sites, like there is under SunOS, Ultrix, etc.  That is, right now
>anyone can type

>telnet xxxxxx.swarthmore.edu

>and log in as root if they have the password!  For obvious security reasons,
>I want all root logins (even with the correct password) to get the "login
>incorrect" message; the root user must log in as themselves and then su to
>root.

Easy enough; change ~root/.profile (or /etc/.login) as follows:
case `tty` in
console|ttyC*)	: ;;	# do nothing
*)	echo "Sorry, you may not log into root's account over the internet"
	exit 1 ;;
esac

(.login would need this in csh source form. Also, this is typed blind, so
there may be a syntax error, in particular I'm not 100% sure that the first
case is valid syntax.)

Now, logins from the console are OK, and an su from a different user is OK,
and logins from CommandShell are OK, but telnets or rlogins won't work.
(Of course "su - root" won't work either.)

I have to say that I think this is just a bit paranoid. Of course, if A/UX
had shadow passwords, I'd think it were a lot more paranoid...

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From: paul@hal.COM (Paul Sander)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: problems with login
Keywords: login failure
Date: 16 Oct 92 01:43:54 GMT
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc.
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In article <1992Oct15.130707.25316@hfsi.uucp> pdennis@hfsi.UUCP (WIS Program
Group ) writes:
>In article <ibacon.719074877@seamis1> ibacon@seamis1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ian Bacon)
writes:
>>I am having a problem with my login under A/UX. Basically, the 
>>login halts with the dialog box that says that a session is being
>>set up for me, and will not complete unless I hit a return. It almost
>>seems as though the system is asking a question that I cannot see, 
>>and waits for input.
>
>We have just run into this problem over the past two days on two different
>systems.  I'm not sure that hitting the return actually solved the problem
>though.  I believe that someone in our office is going to notify Apple about
>this sometime today.

I don't suppose someone put something like the following in their .login
or .profile file, did they?

	tset -m ':?mac2'

This asks the user for the type of terminal he is using, regardless of
how the terminal is connected, using "mac2" as the default.
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From: george@henson.cc.wwu.edu (George Hartnell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Mac vs. Sun
Keywords: aux sun unix
Date: 8 Oct 92 20:42:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Oct8.204248.24670
Organization: Western Washington University

Well, the Technician has used, configured and managed both. IPCs, SPARC IIs,
has an account on an IPX, most impressive, especially considering the
Educational Pricing by Sun---one of his all time favorite vendors. It's the
vision thing. However, in the shop he has a CI running AUX 3.0. Very nice
machine, especially considering the cost of applications, which can be used
in conjunction with UNIX----Word 5.0, SuperPaint, Excell, etc.etc. (I know
Sun has SIMM CITY running, but......) The Macs the Technician has used have
been slower using XWindows than the IPCs, maybe that'll change when he gets
the new Quadra 950s. Keep in mind the 950 is an *expensive* compeditor in
relation to Sun boxes. IPCs currently are under $4000 for 8Mb/207s with
color. If you use/have Mac that's a viable choice. Easiest way to learn UNIX
this technician has seen. He learned in 83 on a PDP-11. Ugh. On the other
hand, Solaris is neat and AnswerBook is impressive.

All I have time for.

Best regards, G.

 
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From: pete@winesap.dartmouth.edu (Pete Schmitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Loading Macsbug?
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:42:30 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

How to I get Macsbug to load when logging into and A/UX 3.0 system in the
MacOS 32bit environment?  Is it possible?

-pete

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From: drwho@pandoras.path.med.ufl.edu (Robert Rainer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Fax Modems and A/UX
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:00:53 GMT
Distribution: comp

Hello once again;

	The line really says it all.  Is it possible to use a fax modem
with A/UX.  I finally got the data side transmitting ok after I fixed the
cabeling.  Now I would like to see if I can exploit the fax ability of
my modem.  The company gave me a fax init to drop in the system folder,  But
it naturally does not recognize the serial port, and tells me my modem can
not be found.

	Is there any way I can get this init to work, and if not does anyone 
know of a unix program that will allow me to beam out faxes to the modem.

	thanks in advance--rr

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From: dswartz@sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Which Dialers entry to use?
Date: 15 Oct 92 21:05:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: transfer.7282
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

I just replaced my Telebit with a Supra FaxModem V32bis.  My main motivation
is that I no longer do much in the way of news feeds or uucp mail, so having
the PEP connection isn't a real plus.  Also, since the T2500 doesn't support
V32bis, I can only get a 9600-baud SLIP connection to work, whereas the Supra
will connect at 14400-baud; the improvement in response time is noticeable.
Anyway, my question is this: given that I don't really care how slow the
occasional uucp mail connection is, which Dialer entry should I be using
instead of telebit?  If I have to, I'd even settle for a 2400-baud connection.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: coolidge@sirius.aux.apple.com (John L. Coolidge)
Subject: Re: Strange finder problem
Summary: File Flags
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 17:45:33 GMT
Reply-To: coolidge@apple.com
Organization: Open Systems Development, Porting&I/O Group, Apple Computer, Inc.

dswartz@redondo.sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber) writes:
>Here's a weird one which seems to happen occasionally.  I create a file
>under unix.  When I use the finder to click on the icon for the folder
>containing that file, the file's icon doesn't appear.  The finder search
>command (command-f) doesn't seem to locate it either.  What gives?

>p.s. The latest instance was when I ftp'ed over the APS powertools archive
>from jagubox.  After I did the fcnvt -i hex INFILE OUTFILE and moved the
>OUTFILE to /tmp, clicking on /tmp didn't find it.  Not only that, copying
>the file and/or moving it to other places with other names gives no joy
>either.

This happens to me a lot with Compactor self-extracting archives. What
seems to be happening is that fcnvt is creating the file with the
'Invisible' file flag set. This means that the finder, standard file,
etc., won't show the file. You can fix it with ResEdit (I think) or
other file-manipulation programs that show invisible files. I'm not
sure why fcnvt is acting up (haven't looked at it yet); it might be
caused by something else, too.

--John

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        cleaner won't fall into enemy hands.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: parag@netcom.com (Parag Patel)
Subject: Re: SCSI Cartridge ejecting
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 00:42:35 GMT

You probably had a cartridge inserted in the Syquest drive when you
booted A/UX.  I have found that if I boot with nothing inserted into the
Syquest, I can then insert and remove cartridges under A/UX.  I do have
to log out and log back in to mount a MacOS partition, but for a
straight A/UX filesystem, I can swap cartridges as often as I wish.

Yeah, it's a bug in the drivers or the bootup code or something.  It's
sending some SCSI command which effectively "locks" the cartridge.  The
Syquest then ignores the eject button until you shutdown A/UX.


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: weigert@etlhit.etl.go.jp (Thomas Weigert)
Subject: Re: SCSI Cartridge ejecting (more on A/UX and Syquest)
Reply-To: weigert@mcs.anl.gov
Organization: Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba-shi, Japan
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 06:46:14 GMT

In article <BvzLHt.6F3@news.udel.edu>
	johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:

BJ> In article <1992Oct7.101523.6128@alisa.com> denny@alisa.com (Bob Denny) writes:

BJ> and /usr/local/* on two Syquests.  What I found, at least in the 
BJ> case of 44 meg drives, is that typical unix activities like running
BJ> tar and compress are extremely disk intensive, and that the Syquest
BJ> mechanism really isn't fast enough or robust enough (IMO) to take 
BJ> that kind of beating.  

BJ> So ... for those who are planning an A/UX system ... use fast 
BJ> fixed disks for random access and tapes for archiving.  It's
BJ> cheaper on a $$/meg basis, and far more reliable.  A/UX 3.0

I personally find the Syquests work quite well with A/UX, with the
exception of not being able to unmount MacOS file systems.

I use a 88 MB Syquest drive to store things that I do not constantly need
online, but which I do not want to back out to tape. For example, I only
rarely need the sources of AKCL (Lisp), but sometimes I do, and we are
talking about lots of megs here. I also do use X not that often; it also
lives on a Syquest cartridge. 

I am running heavy compiles of the syquest, and have no complaints (of
course, it is not as fast as a winchester). I had lots of problems with a
several year old syquest drive which had a ROM problem and caused loads of
SCSI timeouts. My new syquest does not have this problem.

Contrary to your experience I would recommend a syquest drive to go along
with A/UX. However, one has to be aware of the limitations.

Cheers, Th.


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From: hlj@posix.COM (Hal Jespersen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: DayStar vs. DOS diskettes?
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:02:08 GMT
Organization: POSIX Software Group, Redwood City, CA

I recently upgraded my IIx with a DayStar PowerCache 50Mz board and have
been very pleased with the results on A/UX 3.0.  However, I have just
noticed a problem.

When I use Apple File Exchange v7.0 to transfer files onto DOS 720K
diskettes, AFE writes the directory in a way so that my DOS system can't
read it.  AFE can read the directory OK, but not update it.  This
problem does not occur in MacOS [i.e., without A/UX running].  I also
find that now my DOS Mounter init no longer recognizes DOS-formatted
disks.

Could this problem be related to the accelerator--timing based, perhaps?
DayStar Tech Support has no record of a problem.  Anyone with experience
in this area?

					Hal Jespersen
					POSIX Software Group
					447 Lakeview Way
					Redwood City, CA 94062
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From: chrisb@lynx.ps.uci.edu (Chris Barrus)
Subject: Device Drivers Manual for A/UX 3.0
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Organization: Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Irvine
Date: 9 Oct 92 22:22:33 GMT


Is there a new Device Drivers manual for A/UX 3.0?  I have the manual for
A/UX 2.0 and it isn't adequate enough.  Part # and ordering info would
be cool too.

Thanks in advance,

-Chris
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From: leec4@rpi.edu (CD Lee)
Subject: Re: Using Magneto Optical Drives under A/UX 3.0?
Followup-To: comp.unix.aux
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 01:55:42 GMT

In article <1CE00001.fijmii@tbomb.ice.com>, time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
wrote:
> 
> 
> I have both a Panasonic and a SONY magneto optical read/write cartridge
> drive. I would like to use them under A/UX. Under 2.0, I needed some
> specical driver software which no longer works under 3.0. What are
> my options now under 3.0?
> 
> 
> tim endres - time@ice.com  -or- tbomb!time
> ICE Engineering, Inc - 8840 Main St, Whitmore Lake, MI 48189
> Phone (313) 449 8288 - FAX (313) 449-9208
> USENET - a slow moving self parody... ph

Me too.  Thanks.

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From: ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Which is atop of which:  A/UX or Sys VII
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:03:13 GMT
Reply-To: ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: ifbb657@donald.cc.utexas.edu


  I might have asked this question, so sorry if I ask again.

Does A/UX run atop of System 7, like an app or At Ease, or does
A/UX run beneath System 7, between the hardware and the Mac OS, running
system 7 as a process or processes.  There is a friend of mine who SWEARS that
A/UX runs atop of Sys 7 like Win runs atop of MS-DOS.

PS:  I apologize for using A/UX and DOS in the same sentence :-)

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Subject: Re: A/UX 3.x and (non) Performa 600 CD
Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:08:34 GMT

ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:


>  Can the new Performa 600 CD run A/UX 3.x?

Nope... not yet. It's possible that 3.0.1 (whenever it's released) could
though, but who knows...

>Another question:  Where is the A/UX FAQ posted?

Right here :)

It's also available via anon-ftp on jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov...
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From: david@ruc.dk (David Stodolsky)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: DayStar vs. DOS diskettes?
Date: 14 Oct 92 19:42:44 GMT
Organization: Roskilde Universitetscenter, Danmark

I have had a problem with reading disks with PC Exchange on a Mac IIsi
that were made with DOS Mounter on a Mac SE, system 6.0.7.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: spock@abraxas.abraxas.adelphi.edu (Sven Dietrich)
Subject: Dialup security using /etc/dialups and /etc/d_passwd - Syntax?
Organization: Adelphi University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 01:58:16 GMT


Hi all,

  while doing a 'strings /bin/login', I ran across some 'undocumented features'
of login. I found references to /etc/dialups and /etc/d_passwd, the latter
most probably standing for dialup password. So I created /etc/dialups and put
a single line entry in there, the same for /etc/d_passwd:

/etc/dialups:

/dev/tty0

/etc/d_passwd:

tty0:(the usual cryptic password junk, pasted from /etc/passwd):

  Result: when I call in using the modem, it will prompt for the dialup password
right after the password, but no matter what I put, it takes it. So I guess
I'm doing something wrong. Well, then again, I was just guessing anyway. Does
anybody know the correct syntax for these files?

Thanks,

Sven

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From: jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: New NEC CDROM driver (Was Re: AU/X install and NEC CDR-74)
Date: 9 Oct 1992 00:10:51 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Oct7.083612.15076@netcom.com>, sep@netcom.com (Scott Pendleton) writes:
> Jason,
> 	There is a guy, Tim Endres (time@ice.com) who apparently has gotten
> it to work. He is quite vague on how he did it. He tells me that he simply
> booted from the A/UX 3.0 Startup floppy and inserted the CD and run
> the install without errors. Perhaps you should contact him and see how
> he did it.

  He told me he just tried it and it  worked. I forgot to ask him
what model NEC drive and how long his SCSI cable was. 
  He did say, however, that the drive didn't work once A/UX was
up and running.

      jason    jason@cs.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Subject: Re: SCSI Cartridge ejecting
Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:03:29 GMT

denny@alisa.com (Bob Denny) writes:

>SOB! A/UX V3 doesn't properly release mounted Mac format SCSI (e.g.,
>SyQuest) carts. I was hoping they would fix it under 3.0, but no such luck.
>Dragging it into the trash dismounts it, but it won't physically spin down.
>I assume that there is a command that needs to be sent to the drive to tell
>it to permit spin-down so that the cart can be changed. As in 2.0.x, using
>Unix-format carts is no problem, though the driver does NOT lock the cart
>in, so it is possible to spin down and remove a mounted cart. UGH! 

>Does anyone out there know a way to completely eject a mounted Mac-format
>cart? Is there a way to protect a mounted Unix-format cart from accidental
>dismounting? Jim Jagielski, SCSI wizard that you apparently are, can you
>point me in the direction needed to write a little app that will "twig the
>bits" the right way?

I can look into it and I'll let you know... It seems to me the reason
could be is that even though the MacOS-side has released control of
the disk, A/UX refuses to do so, kinda...

This is gonna be interesting :) (me a wizard? Ha!)...
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: sep@netcom.com (Scott Pendleton)
Subject: Re: New NEC CDROM driver (Was Re: AU/X install and NEC CDR-74)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:36:12 GMT

Jason,
	There is a guy, Tim Endres (time@ice.com) who apparently has gotten
it to work. He is quite vague on how he did it. He tells me that he simply
booted from the A/UX 3.0 Startup floppy and inserted the CD and run
the install without errors. Perhaps you should contact him and see how
he did it.

Scott
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: SCSI Cartridge ejecting
From: denny@alisa.com (Bob Denny)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 10:13:59 GMT
Organization: Alisa Systems, Inc.

Thanks for all of the information on SyQuest/SCSI cart handling. The most
useful advice to me is that MacOS carts can be mounted and dismounted
without rebooting A/UX, by NOT having a cart in the drive at boot time,
then logging out and in to "catch" the MacOS cart and mount it. True,
MountEm and SCSI Probe crash the Finder, so there ain't any way to mount a
cart on the fly anyway. Again, thanks...
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From: bob@beamlab.ps.uci.edu (bob prohaska)
Subject: Newfs on a syquest causes kernel panic
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Organization: university of california, irvine
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:36:25 GMT

Just managed to crash aux by calling newfs on an unformatted
syquest 44 cartridge.  Something about a bus error appeared on the
screen, and I had to do a hard reset.



Apple's HDSC for A/UX 3.0 reported a hardware problem with the
disk, but Fix Error Page said the error page was fine, and re-running
HDSC setup under the Mac os allowed a normal mac format, after which
the disk formatted and mounted normally under A/UX.

Is this a bug, or did I do something stupid?

thanks for reading

bob prohaska
From: w1y092@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Steven David Gribble)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: A/UX problems..
Date: 7 Oct 92 21:51:52 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: bowen.rick.cs.ubc.ca


I've just recently invested in A/UX 3.0, and have been much time setting it up.
However, I cannot get some seemingly simple tasks performed;  I hope someone
here can help me out.

Firstly, how does one set up non-apple printers, specifically an HP DeskWriter?
Only apple standard printers were discribed in the essentials manuals.

Secondly, I've been having trouble getting the tar or compress commands to
function properly - using uncompress on files I kermit over results in a
"not compressed file" type of error.  As well, tar gives me an "Invalid Block
Density" error...I know that these files are in a correct format, as they
successfully uncompress and de-tar on other unix machines.

Thanks,
Steve Gribble
w1y092@rick.cs.ubc.ca