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From: chop_michael@tandem.com (Michael Chop)
Subject: passwd is wack!
Keywords: passwd password	
Organization: tandem computers
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:14:14 GMT

hi.

i've run into a problem that i've seen before, but can't fix.  hopefully someone out there can help me!

i've a mips box running RISCos 5.0 (a version of bsd), and i can not login to any accounts that have a password, nor can i change the passwords of any accounts.  when i try to envoke `passwd` .  i'm promted for the user name, but as soon as i type the user name and press <return>, i'm bumped out of 'passwd' and an entry is made in the /etc/passwd file.  conversely, when i try to loggin to as any user with a passwd, i can type in the user name, but as soon as i hit <return>, i'm bumped out of of the loggin 



and get back 'invalid user name or password'.  

i've tried replacing the passwd binary and tried a fresh /etc/passwd as well.  
help me, anybody!  i can't figure this one out.

thanks
michael chop...
tandem computers
chop_michael@tandem.com

Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: sam@csi.compuserve.com (Sam Neely)
Subject: Re: inittab problems with Dell 2.2
Organization: CompuServe Incorporated
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:22:05 GMT

In article <105@jassys.UUCP> tony@jassys.UUCP (Tony Holden) writes:
>We've just picked up a copy of Dell 2.2 and have run into a problem.
>
>I'm trying to add a line to /etc/inittab to run a script that starts
>up database servers & such.  It's never run.  Here's how it looks:
>
>rclocal:23:wait:/usr/local/rc.local > /dev/sysmsg 2>&1 < /dev/console
 ^^^^^^^
First of all, inittab(4) says that the id should be a 1 to 4 character
tag.  Could this be the problem?

>The script itself is fine, has been used for years now.  For some
>reason this entry is never executed when the system is bought up.

Another possibility: (just grasping at straws, here...)  Is the
script flagged as executable?

>I can work around it by putting a line in rc2 but that's not the way I
>want to do it.  I have other systems in the field and I want things to
>be setup in the same manner.  I don't want to have to remember the
>differences between this system and that.

As an alternative, how about setting up the script so it can be
dropped into the /etc/init.d directory and then linked over to
/etc/rc2.d?

>Thanks in advance.

No problem.

>Tony Holden					live on the edge,
>tony@jassys					  Bank in Texas
>jassys!tony@rwsys.lonestar.org

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: rick@rei.com (Richard J. Barton)
Subject: WP Wanted
Summary: Looking for PD WP package.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:59:00 GMT
Organization: Recognition Equipment, Inc.
Keywords: WP

I'm looking for a public domain Word Processor package.
It's not really for me as it is to be made available so
I don't have have to bring my system down for others
to do word processing.  Something simple would do.
Otherwise I might end up writing one (probably using
nroff as the underlying formatter).

Any direction would be appreciated.

P.S.  Don't laught too hard :-)

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Subject: Re: Using 16550AFN with SCO 3.2.4
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 08:16:39 GMT

gemini@geminix.in-berlin.de (Uwe Doering) writes:
>
>I'd say that FAS still has many important features that sio doesn't have.
>It may be true that the person who started this thread doesn't need FAS
>for his/her application, but the assumption that FAS doesn't gain you
>anything on SCO UNIX in general would be wrong.
>
>For instance, does sio allow 57600 and 115200 bps? Does it have built-in
>modem line sharing for dialin and dialout (no uugetty hack necessary)?
>

I can't tell if you're calling uugetty a hack, or talking about a hack
in addition to uugetty.

The machine I run seems to do quite well with sio and 3.2.4's getty.
When I had 3.2.2, it did just as well with uugetty.

However, it does require uugetty functionality (for the lock file
handling), though the -r option isn't necessary when things are
configured properly.

>
>Does it have DCD drop sensing on the dialout device, too? This is
>important for uucico dialouts.
>

It always has for me.  Perhaps that's because I've always used the
modem port (tty1A) for both dialin and dialout.  I only use the 
non-modem port (tty1a) for talking to the modem through a direct
cu session (i.e. "cu -ltty1a -s19200 dir").  This is how SCO's
documentation described the setup as far back as Xenix 2.3.2.

SCO's cu and uucico appear to do the right thing when they open the
port, setting O_NDELAY until after DCD turns on (or the login script
completes, or something).


Now my machine doesn't take many calls per day (probably 5 or 6).
Perhaps sio has trouble when there's more activity, but it seems
to me that it has those two features you asked about.

Nope, no 57600 or 115200...  :(


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From: rich@kastle.com (Richard Krehbiel)
Subject: Re: 120/250Mb Tape Drives on Gateway 486/33 w/ ISC
Organization: Kastle Development Associates, Arlington, VA, USA
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 09:55:35 GMT

In article <4023@eastman.UUCP> vec@alnitak.Kodak.COM (Vance Cochrane) writes:

>   I have a Gateway 486/33V on which I intend to run ISC.
>
>   I want to put a 120/250Mb 1/4" Tape drive on this system.
>
>   What I need to know if anyone out there has any experience
>   with this configuration, and what drives/controllers
>   you recommend. (I have a copy of the ISC hardware compatibility
>   guide but it is not the same as getting first hand information!)

We are using the Adaptec 1542B SCSI host adapter and Wangtek 5150ES
SCSI tape drives with excellent results.  We have done this both with
and without SCSI disk drives on the same controller.

The only thing to beware of is the "default streaming mode" jumper on
the tape drive.  If this is not set, the tape does not stream, and is
unbearably slow.
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OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
From: whitemp@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Need help on slip
Date: 17 Nov 92 09:52:54 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Greetings-
	I am helping a couple of people set up slip on ESIX 4.0.3.  We are
using the version of slip available off of ftp.uu.net for 386 based machines.
Both machines are NOT connected to any other networks.  Anyhow, we are meeting
with 0 success.

	I think part of our problem exists in that we don't have the 
actual network side configed.    

Any help on setup would be most appreciated.
				-mw-
				whitemp@cnsvax.uwec.edu
From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Video problems with ODT 2.0
Date: 19 Nov 92 14:20:19 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY


  We recently tried to install the advanced video drivers on an SCO ODT
2.0 system and got a make failure partly through the kernel build. It
seems that the sdevice file has a few lines of garbage in it, and when
we clear the garbage the make process nicely puts them back in.

  We were using sysadmsh to do it, and we've installed the same software
on two other identical machines, so I don't see much room for
incompatibility or operator error.

  If anyone has an idea how to salvage this machine other than a
complete reinstall and recustomization, please let me know.
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From: rob@hp11 (Rob Freyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: PPP on ODT 2.0 - Dynamic IP Allocation ?
Date: 16 Nov 92 22:40:11 GMT
Followup-To: comp.unix.sysv386

Greetings Folks

I  am  in  the  process  of setting up some PPP links into my network. The
systems  that  are dialing in are SCO ODT 2.0 boxes. I have heard that PPP
supports  dynamic  IP address allocation. Does anyone know if SCO supports
this feature ?  The docs dont mention it.

Should I blow off SCO and their PPP and use something else ?

Also,  Is  Dynamic IP Allocation standard or is that a feature unique to a
certain implementation of PPP ?

Thanks in advance,

Rob.


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From: dror@netcom.com (Oz Dror)
Subject: Re: How to determing the size of you swap space?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:27:58 GMT

Can I use less than my RAM space. I have 16MB of RAM, will extend to 32MB.
I am the single user. I do not want to wast HD space.


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From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: /boot & /dos
Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745 
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:35:17 GMT

Frank@mindlink.bc.ca (Frank I. Reiter) writes:

>I belive that would be known as "Software Piracy" - something you may wish to
>ask your lawyer about.

To bad SCO doesn't offer a 30 day no-questions asked return policy like
Dell does -- then one can find out if the software actually runs on their
machine before making the final purchase --

Assuming the original poster was referring to "if it would work on my machine"
- since he wasn't very specific in his original post


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: manes@magpie.nycenet.edu (Steve Manes)
Subject: Re: 386 Unix - is 5,000 logins realistic?
Organization: Manes and Associates, NYC
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 20:32:04 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]

andrew.d.hay (adh@cbnews.cb.att.com) wrote:
: In article <1992Nov18.031323.8045@toolz.uucp> todd@toolz.uucp (Todd Merriman) writes:
: "Is it realistic to support about 5,000 logins with a 386 Unix?
: "There will be no more than 32 logins active at any time, but what
: "about the time it takes to look up the password during login?
: 
: dunno just how bad it would be, but you could also:
: a)	sort your passwd file
: b)	get a pd getty-replacement, and hack it to do a binary search.
: 
: this ought to whiz, even on a 5k-line passwd!

Getty isn't responsible for searching /etc/passwd.  That's the job of
/bin/login, which is invoked by getty with the user's input as an
argument.

Is it realistic to support 5,000 logins with a 386 Unix?  Sure, providing
you've got a lot of memory.  Login will be a little slow but if you keep
frequent users near the top of the file you can minimize delays.

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From: mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Ade Barkah)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How does a mortal become a UNIX WIZARD ?
Date: 22 Nov 92 10:29:49 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

Simon Tooke writes:
: 
: Ade Barkah writes:
: 
: > So, oh, mylord, how does a mortal become a Unix Wizard ?
: 
: Wizard Pills.

Now, man, where'chu get them 'Wizard Pills' stuff from. Gemme
a-o 'bunch of them 'izzard Pils and I sho' can sell 'em faster
then crack.

Juuust maa'be we can 'make the presi'ent him-self (that's right,
this 'izzard thing go right a-through the white house to the
white man him-self) to make them 'izard Pils the mother-ap'roved
'e-du-cational drug.'

-yo' unixhood dealer'
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: UPS, SCO and automatic shutdown
From: abraham <AASSI@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 1992 10:15:56 EST
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

I have been using AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION model 800RT standby UPS for
2.5 years now with AT&T Unix SVR3.2.2/386.  With the 800RT I bought from
APC "PowerChute" automatic shutdown utility for $99.00.  It comes with a
9-pin male to 9-pin female cable with a 9-pin to 25-pin adapter and
very easy-to-read documentation.  Installation is a breeze through "installpkg"
utility and the software can use ANY serial port (I use COM1 because it's dumb)
but you could use it on intelligent board ports.  The options provided are:



- How long after system switches to battery should the FIRST warning message
  be sent? (in seconds)

- How frequently should the warning message be sent? (in seconds)

- What %power should remain in battery before system is shutdown?

Powerchute is part shell script so you can customize the shutdown procedure
and messages. Another feature is that powerchute places a line in /etc/rc to
start itself automatically at boot time.


I highly recommend it.


Abraham Abou-Suleiman                                 aassi@cunyvm.cuny.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: tma@encore.com (Thanh Ma)
Subject: ESIX 4.0.4 document set
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:34:26 GMT

I just wonder if ESIX 4.0.4 document set should also include:
	"Unix System V Relase 4 Programmers' Guide: System Services and
												Applications Packaging Tools"
Thanh
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Motherboard recommendation ...
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:34:04 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <97866@netnews.upenn.edu> mani@linc.cis.upenn.edu (D. R. Mani) writes:
>	He wants to get a new mother board which will run BOTH UNIX
>AND OS/2 without any problems.  He has been considering an AMI 386-33
>motherboard.  Could netters out there share their experiences with AMI
>motherboards?  Are there models to be avoided?  Are there any other
>motherboards which are better and are worth considering?

I didn't know AMI made motherboards.  I thought they just made BIOS
chips for other companies' motherboards.  Anyhow, my motherboard is
based on a two-year-old OPTI chipset, and I've had no problems running
OS/2 on it.  I can't speak for Unix, however.

I remember Sco-Xenix running on a CompuAdd 386/33, but I never used
OS/2 on it (it was a friend's computer).



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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk)
Subject: Re: Introductory info on Univel
Organization: Fast Technology
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 12:13:12 GMT

In <2B0B2569.6172@telly.on.ca> evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes:

>Since I haven't seen any information here on the subject, I figured
>there might be some interest in UnixWare, the initial 80X86 UNIX
>product of the joint venture between USL and Novell.

>There is a *pile* for information available for anyone with a fax
>machine and a few spare rolls of fax paper. One of the choices available
>by calling 800-4-UNIVEL (801-568-8548) is a "faxback" system which allows
>you to request one of a number of documents.

>It's time to buy more fax paper.

Perhaps I'm reading Evan's post wrong. Maybe there is also a way to access
these documents via FTP or via anonymous UUCP.

Doesn't anyone else see the absurdity of offering this *only* via fax?
Especially by a company that bundles UUCP with every copy of their OS?

If it's true that you can only get this via fax, then $Bill Gates doesn't
have a thing to worry about. And the rest of us had better start learning
about NT.
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From: iscoper8@nuscc.nus.sg (Ms Koh Geck Cheng Jocelyn)
Subject: NIS in AT&T SYSV Rel 4.0
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 10:08:06 GMT


NIS in AT&T USL UNIX System V Rel. 4.0 Version 4 (for Intel386 family)

Not successful in setting pc as a client:
(our yp master is on sun elc, running on sunOS 4.1.2)

-appended '+::0:0:::' to /etc/passwd and '+:' to /etc/hosts files

-ypinit -c (is ok)

-ypbind is running

-ypwhich  -m  is working(shows all maps)

-ypmatch userid passwd is not working(can't match key user in map passwd,
 Reason: no such map in server's domain) however,
 ypmatch userid passwd.byname is working

-'chown' userid filename ....unknown user id ___

it seems to me that the entry in the yp passwd is not accessible.

can someone help me, please?   

Thank you


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From: slangley@constant.demon.co.uk (Simon Langley)
Subject: Where are outb & inb on SVR4?
Organization: Home
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:42:46 GMT

My ESIX SVR4.0.3 has man pages for inb() and outb(), but I cannot find the
functions themselves.  I would be grateful if someone could tell me which
library they are in and which package installs the library.

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From: scotto@ipars.cts.com (Scott O'Connell)
Subject: Re: Help with Modem on ttymon with IPC
Organization: Spectrum Data Services - Carlsbad, CA
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 08:01:31 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

D. Querin (dmq6899@tamsun.tamu.edu) wrote:
: I am attempting to install an indial modem on an ATT Starlan
: with SVR4/2.1.  The configuration includes IPC (intelligent
: port connector I believe) branches.  These branches are using
: 10 pin modular.  There seems to be a problem between the modem
: and the IPC.  However, I have successfully hooked a terminal
: and a notebook up via a modular->serial connector.  The modem
: just will not fly.  If anyone could give me some input here,
: I would much appreciate it!  Thanks.

Several months ago I had to install a modem on an IPC-1600 card.  The
system was a StarServer-E.  There were several problems with the streams
based port services using standard terminals and AT&T suggested going 
back to using getty's on the ports.

Knowing this I never attempted a modem connection using ttymon.  I went
right to getty and have never had a problem.  The modem is a Telebit T1600
with a locked port speed of 19200.  It's been working for about 6 months.

Providing you have the cable and modem configured correctly there should  
not be a problem using getty on that port.  The 10-pin modular connector
is not necessary btw -- pin 1 and pin 10 are not REQUIRED for a modem. I
don't have direct access to my notes or the cable I built, but could   
probably get a copy from the customer site if needed.

Does anyone know if the ttymon problems with the IPC card have been 
worked out?  AT&T never told the customer that it had been fixed so I
assume not.
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From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes)
Subject: Re: Where are outb & inb on SVR4?
Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 07:26:20 GMT

In article <Bxxr7A.6r9@constant.demon.co.uk> slangley@constant.demon.co.uk (Simon Langley) writes:
>My ESIX SVR4.0.3 has man pages for inb() and outb(), but I cannot find the
>functions themselves.  I would be grateful if someone could tell me which
>library they are in and which package installs the library.

They are defined as asm inlines in <sys/inline.h>.  Just include that header
and you have them.

BTW, the man pages for inb and outb are actually for the kernel routines.

David
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From: d10590@tanus.oz.au (Robert Chalmers)
Subject: SCO v2.xx Development System
Organization: Pro-Net Australia
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 01:05:09 GMT

Help needed! Can someone, perhaps from SCO advise me of the requirements to
upgrade from V1.1 to V2.x, and include the Development. I am a little
confused, and local suppliers are about as helpfulLSl}{l as a hole in the
head. If we purchase V2.x Development System (SCO), does this package consist
of the full O/S, plus the C development tools, or is it ONLY the c development
tools, and we then need to UPGRADE from v1.1 o/s to the new V2.x O/S.
Secondly, we currently have an unlimited licence on V1.1. Does this re\
transfer to the new V2.x, or must we buy a new unlimited licence as well?
Any help will be veri\jwHG?~z
g9      "~y much appreciated. e-mail if you can please.
Bob
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From: paul@atr.bso.nl (PPH Bauwens)
Subject: Re: Esix/Motif Question
Organization: Private Node
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:18:47 GMT

Duncan Goode (duncan@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au) wrote:
: In <BxEn0L.75D@constant.demon.co.uk> slangley@constant.demon.co.uk (Simon Langley) writes:
: 
: Simon Langley (slangley@constant.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: >Guy Cole (guycole@netcom.com) wrote:
: 
: [Guys problem with the X win not resetting the screen mode correctly deleted]
: 
: >I too would love to know what the cause of this problem is.  I have posted
: >twice before asking for help but unfortunately, it was to no avail.
: 
Take a hard look at the manpages for 'evgainit' and 'evgaqry' and
set your system up correctly for the type of video card used.
This should take care of your video problems.

Hint: also re-install after building a new kernel...

A Happy ESIX 4.0.3 user...
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