HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: boulton@hawk.adied.oz.au (Mark Boulton)
Subject: uucp using remote serial port
Summary: trying to foind a way to make uucp use a serial port on another
Keywords: uucp remote serial
Organization: Australian Defence Industries
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:39:36 GMT

We wish to set up uucp from one of our SPARC ELC's.  The only problem is
that the only convenient place to attach the modem is to another machine
on the network.

The question I am asking is how (if it is possible) do I get uucp to use
the serial port on a remote machine.

Mark Boulton.  (Systems Administrator)
  E-mail: boulton@adied.oz.au
From: dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu (Lawrence R. Dodd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: syslog for anonymous ftp
Date: 25 Jan 93 06:29:03
Organization: Dept of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Univ, NY, USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu


I am in the process of setting up a Sun to be an anonymous ftp site.  I know
already how to enable daemon logging via inetd and syslogd.  This allows me to
keep a record of when the anonymous ftp is being used and what machine is
using it.

My question is: How do I obtain more information on the anonymous ftp user?
For instance, is it possible to get a copy of the ident given by the user as
the password for the anonymous ftp? 

I looked in the FAQ and while it explains in perfect detail how to set-up an
anonymous ftp site it does not discuss how to log information.

Please respond via e-mail. If there is enough interest I will post a
follow-up.

thanks in advance.
Larry
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: user account without a password, HOW?
From: jkohler@neptune.uucp (john kohler 09-24-92)
Date: 26 Jan 93 20:30:07 PST
Organization: CSLA
Keywords: account password

Simply delete the second field in you /etc/passwd entry for the user you wish
to not have a password.  for example, if there is a password it puts a bunch
of characters between the 2 colons that look like gibberish.  Remove these,
and when the user logs in they will not be required to enter a password.
This is also how you set a password if a user forgets  their password.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: sacks@panther.mot.com (Dennis Sacks)
Subject: AMD vs. Sun's Automounter
Organization: Info Enterprises
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:40:59 GMT

Does anyone have comments about using AMD instead of Sun's
Automounter?
Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated. If I get enough
responses, I will summarize for the newsgroup...


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    is sacks@panther.mot.com       Your modem ways lighten 
         at Info Enterprises       and confirm me.  
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From: rse@angle.sub.org (Ralf S. Engelschall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.wanted
Subject: 'rlogin' for PCNFS 4.0a available?
Date: 22 Jan 93 13:03:53 GMT
Reply-To: rse@angle.sub.org
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.admin
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00


  We are using PCNFS 4.0a on our PCs at work to get connected to our
SUNs.  PCNFS from SUN works fine, IMHO even better than PCTCP from FTP,
but it has two one essential drawbacks:

                                 - 1 -

  It lacks 'rlogin', it is shipped with 'telnet' only!  Our users
dislike to re-enter their passwords every time they establish a UNIX
Session.  With 'rlogin' they could use the '.rhost' UNIX Feature.

===> Is there a 'rlogin' (directly from SUN or a third-party vendor)
     available for SUNs PCNFS or another sulution to the problem?

                                 - 2 -

  It lacks the NETBIOS interface we need to get our 3270 Terminal
Emulation Software (DynaComm) running in conjunction with the Gateway
Software to connect to one of our IBM hosts.

  I have implemented the NETBIOS interface with a second protocol stack.
We run NDIS as the common layer for NFS and NETBIOS and IPX as a
glue-Protocol between NETBIOS and NDIS.  But NETBIOS and IPX are part of
a Novell package, SUNs PCNFS didn't provide us with such things.

===> Is there a NETBIOS interface for PCNFS available (other than that
     already mentioned)?


Thnaks for answers in advance!


                                            Ralf S. Engelschall
                                            rse@angle.sub.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: hooper@ccs.QueensU.CA (Andy Hooper)
Subject: Re: Need Fax Software
Organization: Queen's University, Kingston
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:01:34 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.014035.22405@netcom.com>, wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke) writes:
| Are you aware of flexfax from Sam Leffler? It now supports a real
| fax interface (as opposed to just de facto interfaces). It will work 
| with EIA-578 Class 1 fax modems like for example the Digicom Scout+. 

flexfax is a good-looking package. It needs a C++ compiler and ghostscript with
an added TIFF device supplied in netfax. GCC 2.3.1 will do the job if you install
a patch supplied in flexfax. GCC 2.3.3 went into a loop compiling one of the
files and died on a stack overflow.

When I tried flexfax with a ZyXEL (class 2) modem, it connects fine to the
destination fax machine, but gets an error part way through transmission. I
had a similar problem with the MIT netfax package. It appears to be a flow
control problem, where the modem sends an XOFF but the Sun serial driver sends
one more character before stopping. Some scan lines get dropped from the fax
image and both ends report a transmission error at the end of the image. Any
suggestions for solutions would be welcome :-)

Andy Hooper, Queen's University


Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: dermoudy@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Julian Dermoudy)
Subject: Re: help ftp problem
Reply-To: J.R.Dermoudy@cs.utas.edu.au
Organization: University of Tasmania, at Hobart.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:58:53 GMT

In <1993Jan26.103334.46773@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> nanda@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

>Hi!!
>
>I am having problems with the FTP on my Sum workstation. I can ftp out of it
>but not into it. Am I supposed to have a config file for it?
>
>pls send reply to nanda@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
>or Jolly@cadlab.engr.ukans.edu
>
>thanks in advance
>
>
>-sushmeeta nanda
>

G'day,

Your problem sounds like it is related to /etc/shells.  If you are using a
non-standard (i.e. /bin/sh, /bin/csh) shell, ftp will refuse login attempts
unless that shell appears in the (text) file /etc/shells.  By default this
file doesn't exist, and your sys. admin. must create it.  The file should
contain the pathname of legal shells - one on each line.  For example:

/bin/sh
/bin/csh
/usr/new/bin/tcsh
/usr/new/bin/ksh
/usr/new/bin/bash

When this file is present "chsh" also uses it: if you try to change your shell
to one that is not in the file the change will be dis-allowed.  It is for
security purposes, i.e. you disable logins on an account by providing a dummy
shell but you can still get in with ftp - unless the file is present...

I hope this is your problem.  If it isn't then I suppose it is a network
related problem - you don't mention if you can ping your host from outside
using its qualified domain name and/or IP number or if it is just you and ftp
that don't work...

Good luck.

						-Julian.

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  University of Tasmania,		Fax   : +61 02 202913
                GPO Box 252C Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA, 7001.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: velarde@ccrs.emr.ca (Cesar Velarde)
Subject: SGI's GL on Sun's
Summary: Looking for an implementation of SGI's graphics library for Sun's
Organization: Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:35:46 GMT

Please excuse me if this message doesn't belong here.

One of my customers wants to port software running on SGI's and using GL
to sun machines.

Which GL package for Sun's would you recommend ?

Email is fine, unless you think the subject is of interest to this newsgroup.

Your help is appreciated. 
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Tel. (613)947-1301			588 Booth St., Ottawa, ON
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: velarde@ccrs.emr.ca (Cesar Velarde)
Subject: IPC won't boot without CD-ROM
Summary: IPC fails to boot
Keywords: boot IPC problem
Organization: Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:56:49 GMT

First, let me describe the problem.

We have an IPC which is supposed to boot off its internal disk (sd0).

After a system crash, we had to restore sd0a.

Now it won't boot if a CD-ROM is not connected to the SCSI port. It just
sits there doing nothing. It doesn't even get to the "testing" message.
It only displays the Sun logo, ROM rev. info., hostid, ethernet address, etc.

However, if we connect the CD-ROM drive (without a CD platter inside), and power
it on, it boots like a charm.

The only thing I can think of is a hardware/PROM/NVRAM problem.

Any ideas ?

Your comments are appreciated.

Thanks. 
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Tel. (613)947-1301			588 Booth St., Ottawa, ON
Fax. (613)947-1408			K1A 0Y7
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: pek@logos.res.utc.com (Paul Kirschner)
Subject: connecting a SparcPrinter AND using the parallel port
Organization: United Technologies Research Center
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:09:11 GMT


I have a NewsPrint 2.0 and a SparcPrinter - and all works well.

Is it possible to connect another printer to the parallel port and
drive a dumb (non-newsprint) printer?  I tried connecting to /dev/bpp0
in /etc/printcap but the print still come out the sparcprinter
(/dev/lpvi0).  Catting a file to /dev/bpp0 also comes out the
sparcprinter (as junk by the way, no ascii). 

I also tried add_np_printer hoping that would do something I
overlooked - no luck, it still prints to the sparcprinter.

Can you use that second port on the S-Bus card that way?

Thanks in advance.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: jtcox@syr.edu (Ted Cox)
Subject: bootable diskette
Keywords: boot, floppy, diskette
Reply-To: jtcox@syr.edu
Organization: Syracuse University.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 14:24:07 EST

Is is possible to boot a Sparc 2 running 4.1.1 from a diskette?  If so,
(1) How can such a diskette be made, and
(2) How can such a diskette be used??
Many thanks,

---


Ted Cox
jtcox@gumby.syr.edu
From: tal@plts.uucp (Tom Limoncelli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Newsprint ver 2.0
Date: 26 Jan 1993 01:34:58 -0500
Organization: P.L.T.S., North Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: plts.uucp

In <C1ELz3.DIJ@itek.norut.no> eilif@itek.norut.no (Eilif Pettersen) writes:

>I'm a new subscriber to this list and quite a novice to sun system management so pardon me if you have been through this before.

>Problem:
>Randomly (at least for me), newsprint kicks a process, eehelper, which writes to a file /tmp/eexec."seq-number". The problem is that /tmp/eexec."seq-number" is using all diskspace available. ie 10 Mb free - 10 mb used, 40 Mb free - 40 Mb used.
>Questions:
>What are eehelper doing and why does it allocate all available diskspace?
>Is it a bug in Newsprint ver 2.0 or isn't our system tuned as it should be?

It's not random.  It'll happen every time you try to print a file
generated on a Macintosh.

Sun should be sued for selling a printer as "PostScript compatible"
that can't fucking handle output generated by a Mac.  Who does the QA
work for Sun's printing group?  Bozo The Clown?  (No, it couldn't be
bozo because any bozo knows how to use a Mac)

Yeah, "generated by a Mac" does not constitute PostScript
compatibility, but gimme a break!

If you harass Sun they'll admit that it's a problem and send you
a patch that fixes it.  So nice of them.

Tom
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: tomas@dna.lth.se (Tomas Richter)
Subject: Help, my DNS dies!
Organization: Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:19:14 GMT

I have installed DNS and discovered most documentation
bugs. My in.named runs until it gets a zone-transfer
request, then it dies immediately. This means that no
secondary servers can get any information as my name server
dies whenever it's asked to send its data base.
I tried Dig from another Sun (on another network), and
it receives answers until I request the zone-transfer
when it hangs. 
Does anybody run a DNS master server? What may be my
problem? Has anybody experienced anything like it?
I have read through the configuration files over
and over, and now I don't think there can be too many
errors left (I've corrected a few typeing errors).

Please reply by email as I don't read news often
enough to be sure to get the answer! 

tomas@dna.lth.se
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From: tal@plts.uucp (Tom Limoncelli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Need Fax Software
Date: 26 Jan 1993 01:28:27 -0500
Organization: P.L.T.S., North Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: plts.uucp

In <1993Jan26.014035.22405@netcom.com> wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke) writes:

>Are you aware of flexfax from Sam Leffler? It now supports a real
>fax interface (as opposed to just de facto interfaces). It will work 
>with EIA-578 Class 1 fax modems like for example the Digicom Scout+. 
>If you would like to try this software with a Scout+, I will make a 
>modem available to you free of charge for a reasonable time period 
>like maybe a month or so.

One problem with the flexfax software is the install scripts are made
for SGI's /dev/'s not Sun's (even though it has tons of build stuff to
make it build on the Sun's properly).

Has anyone ported it (I'm refering to the faxaddmodem script) to
SunOS?  I'm going to try to walk though it manually, but not until have
have a lot of time to dedicate to it.

Tom

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: pat@csoc.COM (Pat Allen)
Subject: multiple consoles, intelligent consoles
Organization: CAD Systems of Carolina
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:52:09 GMT

Does anyone know of a device that allows a system administrator to plug multipleunix systems into and monitor the consoles.  This device should have the 
intelligence to scan messages and take action based on triggers or rules
previously setup.  I have a client who apparently has seen something like this
but cannot recall who the mfg is.  Please e-mail if you have any info along 
these lines.
Thank you.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.apps,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.misc
From: rtr@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (ricardo.t.rollins)
Subject: ACCESS PC CD-ROM from SUN NETWORK
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:16:40 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: PC CD-ROM, SUN NETWORK

Net,

I was wondering if anyone has a solution, or suggestions for a problem
I've got. I'm relatively new to SUN's and exactly what's available for
them, so any pointers would be extremely helpful. Here's the problem and
what I need to do:

	We've got a SUN 630MP acting as a server, it's got a CD-ROM and
	Floppy drives. Connected to the server are approximately 40
	IPC's, IPX's and SS10's. 

	Several of the people on the network need access to a CD that is
	only available for the IBM PC platform. The CD software used to
	access the CD is only available under MS Windows (it's a 
	proprietary thing). 

	I need to know if there is a way (through hardware or software)
	to give people access to the PC CD-ROM through the workstations
	on their desks. If not, is there a way to get the PC CD-ROM read
	through the CD on the SUN (SUNPC didn't work).

Any pointers, help, or general comments would be helpful.

Thanx in advance.
--------------------------------------------
		Ricardo Rollins
		AT&T Bell Laboratories, CB 1E-215
		(614) 860-2144 (x2144)
		cblph!rollins or rollins@cblph.att.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: jiang@csbser.csb.yale.edu (Jianxin Jiang)
Subject: Printing to a local Sparcprinter
Keywords: Newsprint, Sparcprinter
Organization: Center for Structural Biology, Yale University
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:58:57 GMT

Hello,

    I connected a sparcprinter to the video port on an Sparc IPC. When I tried
to print, paper got rolled out page by page but nothing got printed on it. The
files I tried to print were all ascii files. Here is the printcap I used:

lp|lw|sparc|2SPARCprinter|SPARCprinter, a Sun SPARCprinter printer:\
        :lp=/dev/lpvi0:\
        :sd=/usrp/spool/SPARCprinter:\
        :lf=/usrp/spool/SPARCprinter/log:\
        :af=/usrp/spool/SPARCprinter/acct:\
        :if=/usr2/export/newsprint/lpd/if:\
        :gf=/usr2/export/newsprint/lpd/gf:\
        :nf=/usr2/export/newsprint/lpd/nf:\
        :tf=/usr2/export/newsprint/lpd/tf:\
        :rf=/usr2/export/newsprint/lpd/rf:\
        :vf=/usr2/export/newsprint/lpd/vf:\
        :cf=/usr2/export/newsprint/lpd/cf:\
        :df=/usr2/export/newsprint/lpd/df:\
        :of=/usr2/export/newsprint/lpd/of:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sf:\
        :sb:

Any idea what is wrong? Thanks a  lot.

						Jiang
From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Sun Solaris 1.x on new Sun Classic
Date: 22 Jan 93 01:39:38 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>Another urban legend born :-(

Thanks for setting the record straight.

The next time a person in a Sun office spreads this tale, would the
person to whom the tale is told please set the person in the Sun office
straight?  It's somewhat unfortunate that somebody *from a Sun office*
didn't know the true story, and instead spread a story sure to inflame
the customer base....
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: Rob.E.Allan@hydro.on.ca (Rob E. Allan)
Subject: can an exabyte 8500 read/write 8200 tapes?
Reply-To: Rob.E.Allan@hydro.on.ca
Organization: Ontario Hydro
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:17:56 GMT

We have a lot of exabyte 8200 8mm tape drives at our various sites.
We are considering the purchase of an 8500 drive for its increased
capacity. I can't find any info in the literature regarding the 8500's
ability to read/write tapes in the old (8200) format.

I would like to be able to read our old tapes with this drive, and
in a pinch, write out a tape from the 8500 which could be read by
an 8200 at another site.

I would appreciate hearing from anybody who knows if what I would like
is possible.

Thanks for your attention,

rob allan	email:rob.e.allan@hydro.on.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: hans@smab.se (Hans C Larsson)
Subject: Solaris 2.1 - anyone who uses it for PRODUCTION ?
Organization: Saab Missiles AB, RLD-Gbg, Sweden
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 10:16:34 GMT

I have installed 2.1 on my (jaded :-) IPC and it's a great
improvement over 2.0.

But, I wonder how many installations of 2.1 (& Classic & LX...)
that are really used for production and not just testing and
porting evaluation ?

(No !, I'm NOT conducting a survey :-)

BTW. Sun, I want my screenblank(8) back !-)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: rmoises@titan.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Roger Moises)
Subject: OW 3.0 mailtool startup problem
Reply-To: rmoises@titan.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 22:46:09 GMT


Configuration
    Sun SPARC 1+, SunOS 4.1.1
    40Mb memory, 82 Mb swap
    OpenWindows 3.0 NFS-mounted from a server

Description
    A user remotely logs into the SPARC 1+ from the
    Mac in his office via MacX. When trying to start 
    $OPENWINHOME/bin/mailtool, the following error is
    displayed, and the mailtool fails to start

       ld.so: Map heap error (22) on /dev/zero

   The user's path and OPENWINHOME are set to the correct values for
our site. There is only one user having this problem, and he claims 
that it "was working a week ago"; no other MacX or Sun users have
reported this problem to me. I don't recall any recent system changes, 
and the user doesn't recall any configuration changes (i.e. .cshrc or
login). I have also asked the user to try to recreate the problem at 
the console of the machine in question. 

  Any and all suggestions are appreciated, and a summary will be posted.

Thanks,
Roger
              
-------------------------------------
Roger T. Moises - UNIX System Manager
Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc. Palo Alto, CA
e-mail:     rmoises@titan.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
From: tom@dtint.uucp (Thomas R. Kimpton)
Subject: Are Sun's libraries unbundled also?
Organization: Digital Technology, International
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:46:04 GMT


I know that the compiler is unbundled in Solaris 2.x.  However
there are some restrictions to the use of GNU libraries, ie
if you use their libs you have to supply your object modules
so the user can relink your app with new libraries.  My question
is: Even though the compiler has been unbundled, are the libraries
still included in the system?  Or do they only come with the
compiler. This way I could use gcc, but use Sun's libraries.

Tom

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From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: Both, Motif and Openwin on a SPARC 2 ?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 19:07:32 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: telecaster.think.com

In article <C1FCJ1.5Iz@siemens.com> aad@siemens.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>Unfortunately, some vendors have somehow managed to make products that require
>a certain window manager in order to work.
...
>Sun's XView clients seem to be consistent offenders.  The ones that I've seen
>lack a quit button.

Both of these statements are true, but lacking a quit button doesn't force
you to use olwm.  Just about every window manager can be configured to add
a quit button or menu choice.  I use OpenWindows applications with TWM
quite easily.
-- 
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System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin