HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: samurai@homer.cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy Brockbank)
Subject: Re: matrix class question (*ANSWER*)
Reply-To: samurai@uriel.cs.mgill.ca
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 13:52:50 GMT

In article <988m58_.yikes@netcom.com> yikes@netcom.com (Jenny Doll) writes:
> Nader Sahyouni writes:
> 
> >I vaguely remember seeing a posting about someone developing a 
> >matrix that could have different size text fields in it. That
> >would be enormously beneficial to me. If anyone remembers this
> >or can tell me where to get it, I'd appreciate it.
> 
> I too am quite interested in such a thing.  I have a matrix that contains a
> matrix of cells which are names of tasks.  I would like to have the height of
> each cell correspond to the duration of each task (short task->short cell, 
> long task->tall cell).  I'd be happy to try the thing myself if someone could
> point me in the right direction.
> 
> Michael Brill
> yikes@netcom.com

The object in question is SUMatrix and allows for full Matrix functionality
combined with variable size row heights, or column widths.

Note that the whole thing must still fit into a rectangle, so you
can get something like this:

+---+----------+---+----------+
|   |          |   |          |
|   |          |   |          |
+---+----------+---+----------+
|   |          |   |          |
+---+----------+---+----------+
|   |          |   |          |
|   |          |   |          |
|   |          |   |          |
+---+----------+---+----------+

The object is really cool (if I do say so myself) and has great
potential for reusability (shameless plug).

We offer binary and source code distribution, example code, and
full 2.0 style and 3.0 style documentation. I can't post pricing
as that's not allowed, but if you want to see the examples and/or
get a copy of the documentation, then let me know.

The company is Solutions Unlimited, and you can either send me
e-mail at samurai@uriel.cs.mcgill.ca, or to darcy@solutions.ca,
and ask for info.

- db

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From: larose@thud.cs.utk.edu (Brian LaRose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: NextAdmin/NetInfoManager question.
Keywords: FAQ, NextAdmin
Date: 20 Aug 92 02:19:39 GMT
Reply-To: larose@thud.cs.utk.edu (Brian LaRose)
Followup-To: larose@cs.utk.edu
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Computer Science
NNTP-Posting-Host: thud.cs.utk.edu


I'm a bit confused about this NextAdmin "NetInfoManager" option.  I'm trying
to get the NextCube to mount NFS disks from Sparcstations.  I select
the "NetInfoManager" option and the add a name and newValue,  then
the thing asks me if I want to save this in "dir: 123".  For some reason
the /mounts directory is now gone, ( I prolly toasted it ).

Anyway, the manuals seem NOT to help me from this point and are rather
vague anyway.  Would some kind soul e-mail the procedure for "recreating
/mounts, and adding nfs partitions". 

thanks in advance,
brian
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From: jjfeiler@relief.com (John Jay Feiler)
Subject: Problem with mounts
Reply-To: jjfeiler@relief.com
Organization: relief consulting
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 07:06:17 GMT

Howdy:

I'm having a bit of a problem with some directories that I'm mounting vi an  
entry in the / doamin of the NetInfo hierarchy

I want to mount /usr/local on all machines in our network from our server  
machine.  OK, So I put an entry in netinfo that mounts  
machine:/ExternalDisk/local onto /usr/local, options are hard, bg,rw.   
Everything works great except on the server machine itself.  On the Server,  
anytime I try to write to /usr/local/bin, for example, the system hangs.   
Rock solid.  Rigid.  Saucer mode.  You get the idea.

I'm sure I'm just missing someting stupid, but I can't seem to get this  
straight.  Is there something wierd about autonfsmount that won't let me  
mount something from the same machine.  Is this some kind of terrible No-No,  
that I'm unaware of?

I realize that I could just mount it as /Net/server/ExternalDisk/local, and  
set up a symbolic link on all the machines, but then I have to do it on ALL  
THA MACHINES, and I thought netinfo was supposed to solve problems like  
that.....

	Thanks,

		John
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From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo)
Subject: Virus via mail
Summary: Vaccinator program?
Keywords: Is it possible?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:56:55 GMT

(please, no flames here)

Would it be possible for someone to spread a virus via NeXTMail?

It seems as though if a person threw a destructive program in the mail,
and an unknowing user launched it right from his/her mailbox, a lot of
damage could be done.

-OR- Since I don't have a clue actualy how NeXTMail works (besides
actually seeing the attachments on disk) could someone attach a program to
something like lip service?

All this brings me to 2 questions: Has anyone ever encountered any virus(es)
on their NeXT? If so, is there a vaccinator program in existance?

Thanks,
 shane

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From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: stop UDP from bringing up SLIP?
Keywords: SLIP, 920802, UDP, access
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:58:33 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland College Park

In article <1992Aug10.134954.266402@cs.cmu.edu> beatty@sqhilton.pc.cs.cmu.edu (Derek Beatty) writes:
>I'm using Mamakos' 920802 version of Dialupip to connect to campus through  
>a Cisco ASM/3.  (So my default route points to this link.)  I'd like to  
>stop SBook from bringing up the link, so I tried removing the word "udp"  
>from the "protocols" line of my ".access" file. I thought this would  
>suffice.  But now authough when I launch SBook a message like:
>Aug  7 18:23:09 sqhilton tcldiald[115]: Unauthorized protocol UDP (17)
>is logged via the syslog facility, as I expect, subsequent attempts to  
>open TCP connections seem not to bring up the link automatically; instead,  
>I have to use the duioctl to bring it up by hand. 

I think that I understand what is going one.  You have stumbled onto a
bug that goes something like this:

When an attempt is made to transmit a packet, a message is sent from
the kernel driver to the tcldiald process.  The SLIP interface is
marked as "bring-up in progress".  This prevents further messages from
being sent to the tcldiald process.  A timer is also started, by
default it is 5 minutes.  If nothing happens by then, then the
interface is cleared (actually, it may get disabled.. I'll have to
check).

In any case, since tcldiald refuses to bring up the link because its
not the right packet type, it ignores it and moves on.  It really
ought to reset the state of the interface and wait for further
attempts.  I will look at how difficult it might be to fix this to do
the right thing.

louie
From: alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Beware the mount(8) program from hell !
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:57:37 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

Beware the Next mount(8) from hell !

It seems to have a limit on the number of spaces
allowed between fields - and doesn't tell you
about it except like "mount: / not found"

(this happens at the top of boot.rc and cost me days,
after adding a new disk - it never occurred to me that
multiple spaces would be significant in 1992)

############ bad /etc/fstab ############
/dev/sd0a               /              4.3 rw,noquota,noauto  0 1
/dev/sd1a               /External_Disk 4.3 rw,noquota         0 2

############ good /etc/fstab ############
/dev/sd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1
/dev/sd1a /External_Disk 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2

a few spaces are ok - I think its the ones before 4.3
that caused the problem.

in other cases it just silently fails with no diagnostic
whatsoever if for some reason it cant mount the device.
remounts cause multiple entries in /etc/mtab.

great program (:

always save a copy of /etc/fstab and dont line up
your local entries with the nfs entries.

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From: m@crito.stanford.edu (M Carling)
Subject: Re: What's a better block size for a Fuji 520M drive?
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 18:26:37 GMT

In article <59698@mimsy.umd.edu> alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore) writes:
> what is a better block size for a FUJITSU M2624F?
> 512 or 1024? and why?

Not only for this Fujitsu, but for all SCSI hard drives, 1024 byte blocks  
are better than (or in a few cases as good as) 512 byte blocks. The reason  
is that the filesystem writes files in increments of 1K. Thus if the disk  
is formatted to 512, blocks get used in pairs. There is an overhead cost  
to be paid for this. Formatting the drive to 1024 byte blocks may yield a  
capacity increase of up to 5%, and a performance increase smaller than  
that.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
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From: olsenc@milton.u.washington.edu (Clint Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Problems with NIS and NetInfo
Date: 21 Aug 92 02:08:07 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

Hello:

I wish to thank the people that responded to my cry for help with
getting the NeXT to read /etc/fstab.

I have a new problem, and this one is very strange.  I edited
/etc/passwd and /etc/group and put the funky escape code which tells
the machine to consult YP maps for group and username lookups.  The
only problem is that I'm getting multiple entries now for people (one
for their entry in NetInfo databases and also one for the YP lookup).

Perhaps I should use something like niload passwd . < /etc/passwd, but
I'm not sure.  The manpage on niload sucked the big "you-know-what" in
my book.

Should I disable NetInfo?  I feel that it might not be easy and also may
cause quite a bit of grief later on.  It seems that NetInfo gives the
NeXT quite a bit of functionality and I would be crippling it to disable
it.  I just can't seem to make NIS (YP) and NetInfo coexist very nicely.

My second problem is about mailers.  Is it best to use the sendmail.cf file
for /usr/spool/mail as an NFS mount?  I'm getting errors about not being
able to append to the current mail file.  I get the impression that I'm
dealing with write permissions over NFS and that is causing the mailer on
my NeXT to bomb out.  Just how does the mailer know how to deal with NFS
mounts for /usr/spool/mail if you use that particular sendmail.cf file?  I'm
currently mounting the mail directory to a Sun.

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Computers cause dain bramage...
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From: cmumford@orac.holonet.net (Chris Mumford)
Subject: Xeba Quicktel FAX Modem???
Organization: HoloNet (BBS: 510-704-1058)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 02:47:17 GMT


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From: BrianW@SoundS.WA.com (Brian Willoughby)
Subject: Re: UUCP to control a Modem
Keywords: ABORT
Reply-To: BrianW@SoundS.WA.com
Organization: SoundSoftware, Bellevue, WA, USA
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 16:58:24 GMT

William Gilbert writes
| I want to turn the AutoAnswer feature of my modem on and off at given
| times.
| 
| I can do it using UUCP, except that I can't finish the UUCP connection
| cleanly; it just times out.
| I have the following in my crontab.local:
| 	30 18 * * 1-5 uucp uupoll ModemOn
| and I have the following in my L.sys file:
| 	ModemOn Any DIR 2400 cua \
| 	"" AT \
| 	OK ATS0=2 \
| 	OK ATS0? \
	ABORT OK \
| 	002 ""
| I don't know how to end this file so uucico will shut down cleanly.

I am by no means a UUCP expert, but I think that adding the ABORT line which I  
have inserted above might do the trick.  You could also try "	ABORT 002 \".   
You probably won't need the last line after you add the ABORT.

I was hanging until timeout on all BUSY calls (they were admittedly rare)  
before I added ABORT BUSY as the first line of my chat script.

Drawback: You will get a failure message in your LOGFILE and in the summary  
generated by uucp.day.sh
-- 
Brian Willoughby	Software Design Engineer, BSEE
BrianW@SoundS.WA.com	SoundSoftware
NeXTmail welcome
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From: serge@dadofsam (Serge J. Goldstein)
Subject: track
Originator: news@nimaster
Keywords: rdist track file distribution
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:32:28 GMT

Has anyone made "track" (the rdist-like utility) for the NeXT?  Is so, I'd  
appreciate a copy of your Makefile, and any other comments you might have (in  
particular, does it work :-).  Reply by mail ... i'll summarize.

--
Serge J. Goldstein
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From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: COPS on NeXT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 23:44:03 GMT

>In article <1992Aug14.223854.23396@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  
>phayes@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Patrick W Hayes) writes:
>> Does anyone use the COPS security checker on the NeXT? What version do  
>you
>> use, and how well do you think it knows what its doing on the NeXT?

You can ftp the latest version (1.04) from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu in /pub.  It
knows about NeXTs and it knows to check for many security holes that
have been fixed via CERT advisories.  Get and install perl
(available in that same directory) and use the perl version that
comes in the same cops distribution, it is faster.

Also, crack is in that same directory and is quite useful if you run
a machine which lots of people use.  Compiles just fine on NeXT.
-- 
David Lemson                                                 (217) 244-1205
University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant  / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu                 UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson 
NeXTMail accepted                                   BITNET : LEMSON@UIUCVMD
From: bailey@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (William Leeke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Internal HD as swapspace, external as boot
Date: 20 Aug 92 13:14:54 GMT
Followup-To: me
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.


	If someone could tell me *where* I could find info on using the
internal 105meg HD as swap space and the external as the boot disk. (Im
almost certain that its been done before).

	Also, any suggestions on configuration would be appreciated. 
		Internal: 105 meg Quantum (came with it)
		External: 1.2 gig Fujitsu M2266SA (From Fast Access, good deal)

	There was nothing I could find in the FAQ.

Thanks,
Bill
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From: andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern)
Subject: Re: Surge Supressor - not needed on NeXTs?!!
Organization: Cube Technologies, Inc.
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 10:39:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug16.035238.222@parsec.mixcom.com> alberto@parsec.uucp writes:
>This is weird, but anyhow:
>
>	Tip #13 (ominous number!) on the latest and greatest NeXTWorld:
>
>		Save your money; Don't buy surge suppresors
>		for your NeXT. They are built in.
>
>While this is great news. I don't know if I should 'plug direct', I have not seen  
>this documented anywhere else. This marvelous power supply I would imagine is  
>quite a bit more expensive to replace than my ol' ISOBAR. Any thoughts?
>
>If this is true, this should be a FAQ, it could save some folks a bit of money.

Even if it is true, a UPS is worth every penny.  Besides not loosing
whatever you are working on at the time, cutting the power can really
screw up the file-system.  Many times have I seen fsck eat-up a
file-system after an unexpected crash/panic or power outage.  I try
not to reboot the machines since boot-time seems to be the most likely
time for something to get really screwed.


andrew
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Andrew Loewenstern      |  And the end of our exploring
Cube Technologies, Inc. |  Will be to arrive where we started
                        |  And know the place for the first time." -T.S. Eliot
From: del+@CMU.EDU (Daniel Edward Lovinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: crippled netinfo
Date: 22 Aug 92 14:09:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.MeZffxu00WD510h3U9
Organization: Software Development, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


	We have over 12k current users, and are using NetInfo to link
together a set of about 20 NeXTstations that are part of our larger
installation. After the last rebuild to insert the latest 4k account
adds, the server will not stay up for more than a few minutes - it
goes into a tight loop after which all data in /users in the / domain
is emptied.

	Chronology of the last two days ...:

	* 3pm Thu, after trying to wish the / domain back to life
		after the add, we rebuild the database from scratch.
		This appears to work, and /users is visible and
		lookups are working as the passwd file is loaded back
		in. People can log in, telnet, etc.

	* noon Friday the database had zeroed the /users from the
		previous day's rebuild. Start niload again on the
		passwd file, same circumstances during load. Back up
		the database after the niload finishes (seven hours
		later).

	* 1:30pm Sat, the database has zeroed out /users again. Kill
		netinfo, back in the database saveset, restart. Was
		able to nidump groups and look at passwd information.
		About two minutes later the netinfod for / goes into a
		tight loop and becomes unresponsive. Look at
		/usr/adm/messages and find nothing useful. Nothing
		else unusual. Repeat backup installation with same
		result. Begin waving dead chickens ...

	This is with the NeXT OS 2.0 netinfo suite. Before we tried
updating /usrers to 12k, we'd had little problems with the machine.
Does anyone have experience with NetInfo at this scale? I am
suspecting a magic number in the server that we must have crossed.

	I think my current options are limited to converting to YP on
the fly (something we have very little experience with). I have also
heard of third party NetInfo server implementations ... and
experience? Could a 3.0beta site comment on NetInfo changes? Would
that also be a realistic option? Can 2.0 machines contact a 3.0
server?

	Thanks for any and all replies ... this has been a rather
frustrating couple of days.

					dan
					cmu comp services
					del+@cmu.edu
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From: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw
Subject: re: next not reading my DOS floppy
Reply-To: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw
Organization: Computer Science & Information Engin., Chiao-Tung U, Taiwan, ROC
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 08:37:41 GMT

In article <92223.142356KCRUZ@auvm.american.edu> <KCRUZ@auvm.american.edu>  
writes:
> 
> I inserted a DOS floppy on a Nextstation and the DOS dir came up. However,
> the files listed in the browser were no the files I have on the floppy.
> This is occuring with this one specific NeXT, all the others are NOT having
> this problem.
> 
> I suppose the files being listed are from another floppy, and they did not
> get "dumped" for some reason.Does anyone have clue? Can I somehow "reset"
> the floppy drive?
--
Hai, I got the same problem here (My Nextstation color and Nextstation).
Is this a NeXT system bug?

Yuan
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From: stewart@ecse.rpi.edu (Paul Stewart)
Subject: Re: Turning off NeXT at night....
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:33:43 GMT

bill@epnxt.jsc.nasa.gov writes:

>I would like to turn off my NeXT at night.  Would I still get my mail  
>messages the next morning?  How about after a weekend?

  Mail relays usually try to reach a host for 3 days before bouncing it.  
However, unless there are good reasons for you to turn off your machine,
I wouldn't suggest it, as there are many arguments that profess that 
continuous operation is a bit more healthy for (UNIX) machines than frequent
power-up/power-downs.

>		Bill
--
Paul
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From: jfreem@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Joe Freeman)
Subject: Re: Automatic power ON
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:17:25 GMT

NeXTStation Color machines have a different clock chip than the older 
monochrome machines.  There is a preferences pick that tells them how
long to wait to power up, after being shut down.  I believe that you can
tell them to power up immediately.


In article <1992Aug17.140837.10141@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> wucolin@popeye.CIS.McMaster.CA (Colin Wu) writes:
>In article <4081@seti.UUCP> quinquet@nuri.inria.fr (quinqueton joel -) writes:
># 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
>
>If you absolutely have to have the server on all the time you should consider  
>an UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply).
>--
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>(__/ (_) \_<_/ / <_    (_(_/ (_/_    McMaster University
>email:	wucolin@popeye.CIS.McMaster.CA	(NeXTmail welcome)
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-- 
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		jfreeman@next.com (NeXT Mail)
The opinions espressed here are my own and are not shared by my employer  or
anyone else I know of.  Flames can be mailed to me or routed to /dev/null.
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From: sherwood@fenris.space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford)
Subject: Re: ioctl for DAT compression
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:31:00 GMT

Mike Matthews writes
> 
> Also, is there a way to determine if a tape is in the  
drive and ready to go?
> I tried mt -f /dev/nrst0 status but it never gave  
consistent errors (returned
> 06, then 02, then 00 without me doing anything  -- and  
this was after the
> ready light came back on too).

6 means that the device has been reset or there has been a  
change of cartridge.

2 means that the device is not ready.

0 means everything is ok.

80 means that there is a tape loaded, and its at a  
filemark.

40 means that there is a tape loaded and its at Logical  
Beginning of tape.

Status remains set until the drive receives a command.   
Thus you could have changed the tape 10 minutes ago, and mt  
status will return 6.

Get TarChive.tar.Z if you want to see some samples of how  
to check status and decide what to do from there. (On  
sonata.)

I think you could modify the mtsense command in that same  
file to set compression on.

CAVEAT:  Using compression on a Tape drive is not a good  
plan.  If you have a glitch, the remainder of the  
compressed archive is usually undecipherable.  Don't do  
this unless you can't fit what you want on a single tape.
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